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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Peter Hannam

Massive economic pain for Australia if temperature rises exceed 2C, intergenerational report predicts

Australian sunset
The sixth intergenerational report is set to warn of major economic damage to Australia if global temperatures continue to rise due to the climate crisis. Photograph: Colin Baker/Getty Images

Success in limiting global warming will spare Australia a sharp fall in economic activity but would see coal exports fall to a trickle by 2063 under a low-emissions scenario, according to the government’s intergenerational report.

The report, to be released in full on Thursday, will provide much greater detail on the range of impacts and their scale in a warming world than the five previous intergenerational reports.

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