‘Negligent’ to talk about long term risks to Australia without examining cost of climate crisis, experts say

One academic says federal government’s intergenerational report, a snapshot of life in 2066, ignores the economic damage on the horizon

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An Australian government snapshot of life in 40 years has been sharply criticised for underplaying the economic and social damage expected due to the worsening climate crisis.

The government’s seventh intergenerational report, which projects out to 2066, finds the effects of global heating four decades from now are “highly uncertain”, pointing to the pace of the global energy transition as a key source of unpredictability.

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