Be prepared: climate change and the Queensland bushfire threat

Lesley Hughes; David  Alexander

Be prepared

climate change and the Queensland bushfire threat

Lesley Hughes, David Alexander

Department of Biological Sciences

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Abstract

Climate change is increasing the risk of bushfires in Queensland, our new report has found.

While damaging bushfires are less common in Queensland than other states in Australia, climate change is driving an increase in extreme heat in Queensland, leading to higher bushfire risk.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	Climate Council of Australia
Commissioning body	Climate Council of Australia
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781925573015
ISBN (Print)	9781925573008
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Copyright Climate Council of Australia Ltd 2016. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

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Publisher version (open access)Final published version, 2 MBLicence: CC BY

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/queensland-bushfire-report

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