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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Alan Vaarwerk

Afternoon Update: Australia’s climate breakdown risks laid bare; ANZ slapped with record fine; and Adolescence wins big at Emmys

Australian energy and climate change minister Chris Bowen speaks to the media
Chris Bowen speaks to the media after the release of the national climate risk assessment. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Good afternoon. The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, has mounted the case for the federal government to set a strong 2035 emissions reduction target after releasing a “confronting” report which provided the most detailed picture of the severe and far-reaching social and economic consequences of the climate crisis for Australia.

The long-awaited national climate risk assessment found the number of heat-related deaths in Sydney could surge by almost 450% if global heating surpasses 3C, with no Australian community immune from the “cascading, compounding and concurrent” risks of a worsening climate.

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