Human Health and Social Impacts Node
Tender ID: 292419
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NSW has diverse landscapes and ecosystems, including Australia’s largest and highest alpine areas, part of the Murray-Darling Basin, extensive rangelands, and some of the nation’s most productive agricultural areas.
Temperature and rainfall fluctuate greatly, with large variability in seasonal and regional climatic conditions bringing heatwaves, storms, droughts, floods and bushfires, which can have devastating effects on the environment, human life and property.
Climate change will exacerbate natural variability, making it more difficult to manage our landscapes and ecosystems and the human activities that depend on them. Communities already affected by climate variability will be challenged by a climate shift, and there will be additional demands on our emergency services and health system.
Much of the state’s irrigated agriculture is located in the south-west, where the droughts and extensive floods have shown how sensitive our stocks of reliable water are to variability. The long coastal strip is home to most of the state’s population and many high-value assets that are susceptible to storm surges, sea-level rise and increased flooding.
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