Sydney beachfront homes may need to be dismantled – engineer
Credit: ABC – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
No one weather event proves that climate change is happening. However, the series of unusual weather events, world wide, that have been on-going for a number of years, together, form a substantial body of evidence. Just one such event is the extraordinary storm that, at the moment, is battering the east coast of Australia.
NSW weather: Sydney's beachfront homes may need to be partially dismantled, engineer says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-07/sydney-weather-storm-damaged-beachfront-homes-likely-dismantled/7487056
In the face of this & other events world wide, many see the firing of up to 350 climate scientists from Australia's CSIRO, (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation) as extraordinarily ill advised.
East coast erosion should stop CSIRO from cutting climate jobs: planning expert
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-07/east-coast-erosion-should-stop-csiro-from-cutting/7485650
Other signs of climate change
11 record hot months in a row
http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2016/04/11-record-hot-months-in-row.html
Recent unusual weather worldwide calls for urgent preventive action, UN official warns
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52915#.V1aGwZOGORs
Why We’ll Keep Having Weird Weather in 2016
http://time.com/4164945/weird-weather-2016/ / East coast erosion stop CSIRO cutting climate jobs planning expert expert coastal planning massive erosion along the east coast wake up call for all political parties CSIRO good reason to halt plans cut climate scientists jobs Professor Barbara Norman chair of urban and regional planning University of Canberra The World Today protecting coastal properties responsibility of State Government planning legislation coastal planning expert massive erosion along the east coast of Australia wakeup call wake up call wake-up call all political parties reason CSIRO halt plans cut the jobs climate scientists fire Professor Barbara Norman chair or urban and regional planning University of Canberra State Government local councils responsible protecting coastal properties State Government responsibility planning legislation planning acts implementing state policy State Government risks and liabilities for coastal planning dumping it on local councils we were starting to get some good coastal planning around Australia national coordination floods on the weekend coastal planning controls Queensland New South Wales New South Wales and Queensland Governments Australian Federal Government review coastal controls New South Wales proposed set of reforms Queensland develop a new state coastal plan population is growing most of that growth is expected to be along the coast particularly the east coast consequences big challenge national challenge National Government projections this country growth coastal Australia primarily on the eastern sea board seaboard sea-board expansion continuing urban pressures risks of climate change very very significant public policy issue other countries United States well funded National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration NOAA other examples in other countries national coastal plan national coastal strategy national framework ministers work together support State Governments local governments election campaign urging all sides of politics national plan 25 reports nationally inquiries last 30 years all with the same message we need a national coastal strategy ask all political leaders major political parties conservatives liberals Labor Greens commit to a national coastal strategy coastal development climate change global warming Great Barrier Reef resolved at the local level Governments at a national level money risk liabilities what's happening in the northern beaches in New South Wales who will pay for the costs of rehabilitation who will pay for the cost of repair National Government responsibility State Governments balanced approach development responsibility falls to local councils resources means deal with it political issue CSIRO scientists providing the data to local councils data disappears scientists disappearing councils Australia's east coast Sydney northern beaches a lot of erosion in northern New South Wales Queensland's Gold Coast for example wake-up call wake up wakeup call CSIRO sackings of the climate scientists should be a wake-up call we need science need clear data accessible data members of the public decision-makers transparency and accountability risks absolutely fundamental to solving these problems Australia CSIRO's future Asia-Pacific information serious work collaboration in our region /
