No Australia- 42 days above 40°C earlier this year- Hot and getting hotter- video n transcript at Heating Planet blog

Australia is identified as the place that is the most prone to climate risk- deaths will increase- WATCH Hot and getting hotter, the dire climate warning for the Northern Territory- an increase in communicable diseases due to rainfall, flooding, and warm temperatures likely. WATCH: ABC NEWS Australia Sep 17 report transcript below- 

 

TRANSCRIPT: From central Australia to the top end, 0:02 the territory is facing unprecedented 0:04 change. 0:05 In 2024, we had 42 days above 40° and 0:10 earlier this year, we had the hottest 0:13 100 days. 0:15 Australia's climate risk assessment 0:16 handed down yesterday contains a suite 0:19 of dire forecasts for livability in 0:21 coming years, and few jurisdictions will 0:24 be harder hit than the NT. So, Northern 0:26 Australia is identified as the place 0:29 that is the most prone to climate risk 0:32 and that includes things like uh heat 0:35 waves, cyclones, floods, coastal 0:39 inundation due to to sea level rise. 

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"We don't actually appear to have any kind of adaptation plan here in the  Northern Territory because it simply disappeared from the website."

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But 0:42 some of the statistics in there are 0:44 absolutely horrifying. 0:45 The global climate has already warmed by 0:47 1.2° since the late 19th century and is 0:50 set to hit the 1.5° mark in coming 0:53 years. Once it rises by 3°, heat related 0:57 deaths in Darwin will increase by up to 0:59 423%. 1:02 Coinciding with an increase in 1:03 communicable diseases due to rainfall, 1:05 flooding, and warm temperatures. It's 1:08 not just the fatal consequences of 1:10 climate change, which could have a 1:11 profound impact on the territory. With 1:13 majority of territorians already living 1:15 in high or very high-risisk areas, 1:17 experts in heat stress are anticipating 1:19 drastic changes to work and leisure. day 1:22 after day, night after night of hot 1:24 humid conditions likely reduces our 1:27 tolerance to deal with all these 1:29 stresses and um may impact our 1:33 behaviors. Hence the going tropo. 1:35 Those kneede in the discourse are 1:37 calling on the government to adapt. 1:39 We've seen with the Northern Territory 1:41 government uh an embrace of climate 1:43 denialism with key policies jettisoned. 1:47 We don't actually appear to have any 1:49 kind of adaptation plan here in the 1:51 Northern Territory because uh it simply 1:54 disappeared from the website. 1:55 The risk assessment ranked the NT last 1:58 of all jurisdictions when it came to 2:00 policy dealing with climate change 2:01 adaptation. Joseph Hway Wilson, ABC 2:04 News