Climate Department Concedes Difficulty in Measuring Long Term ‘Health Risks’ From Climate Change
Published on February 22, 2024
Australia’s Climate Change Department has conceded that trying to measure the exact long-term harms individuals may suffer from climate change policy is difficult. During a Senate Committee hearing into a possible amendment to the Climate Change Act 2022, Labor Senator Karen Grogan probed witnesses throughout the day on what practical methods could be used to measure the health impacts of warming global temperatures. On Feb. 22, the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee held the day-long hearing on the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023, which will require lawmakers to “consider the health and wellbeing of children in Australia when making significant decisions.”...