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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

Australia faces unprecedented grassfires next summer ‘supercharged’ by global heating

A report by the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders for Climate Action recommends more funding for bushfire disaster response.
A report by the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders for Climate Action recommends more funding for bushfire disaster response. Photograph: Daria Nipot/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Australia should prepare for grassfires on a scale not experienced before, with new analysis warning spring and summer 2023-24 could see widespread fire risk “supercharged” by the climate crisis.

The report, by the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, says there is also an increased risk of more grassfires breaking out in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia during the current fire season up to April.

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