Australia: Flood plans ignore climate change: expert

AAP: PLANNING laws and flood mitigation strategies in Australia don't take into account the future impacts of climate change, leaving communities at risk from greater and more frequent extreme weather, experts warn. During an online forum on Wednesday, Australian National University's Karen Hussey presented the findings from a review of four major flood reports from Queensland and Victoria. Her team analysed how effective flood mitigation strategies were and compared them to initiatives in China,......

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