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Making Polluters Pay for Climate Consequences

Legal Planet

Assemblymember Dawn Addis commented on AB 1243: The Central Coast has faced the devastating impacts of climate change, from floods and wildfires to coastal erosion. We must be relentless and creative in pursuing all avenues to redirect the financial burden away from the consumer as we mitigate the consequences of human-made disasters.

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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

In addition, ozone depletion higher up in the stratosphere has caused a cooling high up in the atmosphere. This means more coastal erosion, increases the risk of coastal inundation and makes storm surges a bigger threat for coastal settlements. This is likely an effect of man-made climate change.

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Gold Coast leads way in beachfront rainforest restoration

A Greener Life

Littoral rainforest is a type of forest that grows along the beachfront, providing habitat for native flora and fauna and acting as an important buffer to coastal erosion and wind damage. Local community group ‘Friends of Federation Walk’ have been involved in protecting The Spit’s coastal reserve for more than 20 years.