A multi-disciplinary University of Queensland project aims to quantify how many Australians will be forced to relocate because of climate change disaster scenarios in the next 25 years.
A multi-disciplinary University of Queensland project aims to quantify how many Australians will be forced to relocate because of climate change disaster scenarios in the next 25 years.
Dr Aude Bernard from UQ’s School of the Environment says current population projections based on fertility, mortality and migration don’t take into account how people will respond to more intense and frequent natural disasters.
“Every year since 2009, close to 23,000 Australians aged over 15 have been displaced because of housing damage caused by floods, bushfires and cyclones,” Dr Bernard said.
“We expect this number to increase because of climate change and because our population is growing.
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