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Floods, fires drive Australian home insurance 'crisis'

Sydney (AFP) - Fiercer floods, winds and bushfires whipped up by warmer temperatures mean more than half a million homes in Australia will cost too much to insure by 2030, according to an analysis by a climate advocacy group published Tuesday.

Climate Council finds 25pc of homes in Nicholls electorate will be uninsurable by 2030 as flood risk climbs

Climate Council finds 25pc of homes in Nicholls electorate will be uninsurable by 2030 as flood risk climbs

Regional residents and the Climate Council are calling for the federal government to urgently tackle climate change, warning it will affect some areas disproportionately as obtaining insurance becomes drastically more difficult.

Climate change means 1 in 25 homes could become uninsurable by 2030

Climate change means 1 in 25 homes could become uninsurable by 2030

Australia is going to face an "insurability crisis" in under a decade as climate change forces insurance premiums to "skyrocket", a report from the Climate Council warns.

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Flood and cyclone-prone areas in eastern Australia may be ‘uninsurable’ by 2030

Report mapped 10 electorates considered most at risk of becoming uninsurable due to flood, fire and other extreme weather risk

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Calls to increase minimum energy efficiency rating in new homes to reduce carbon emissions and lower power bills

Living in seven-star energy-efficient homes would cut Australian energy bills by an average of $450 a year and help address climate change by reducing emissions, according to a new report from the Climate Council.

1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make?

The chance to limit warming to 1.5C is slipping away. But will difference will it make if we overshoot by half a degree or so?

Climate action policies a ‘catastrophic failure’

The federal government has "overwhelmingly" failed on climate action over its three terms in charge, a new report by the Climate Council finds.

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Riverina farmers call for solar farm developments to be put on hold until review completed

Riverina farmers call for solar farm developments to be put on hold until review completed

Renewable energy's social licence could be at risk if community concerns aren't addressed, says Climate Council councillor.

NSW, Queensland floods on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters, Climate Council says

NSW, Queensland floods on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters, Climate Council says

The ongoing floods in Queensland and New South Wales are on track to be one of Australia's worst-ever natural disasters, a Climate Council report says, linking the destruction to climate change.

Climate 'on steroids' drives extreme flood

Climate 'on steroids' drives extreme flood

The Climate Council says thousands more Australians now have lived experience of a climate system that has been super-charged by global warming.

Climate Council says too many leaders are silent on global heating’s role in ‘megafloods’

Climate Council says too many leaders are silent on global heating’s role in ‘megafloods’

Organisation urges all political parties to outline concrete steps on how to prepare for inevitable climate-fuelled disasters

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