South Australia Facing Big Climate Problems

"Hotter summers, a water crisis and the loss of up to half of the state's plant and animal species would be the consequences of climate change for South Australia outlined in a new report.

The report, from the Premier's Round Table on Sustainability, identified climate change as the biggest single threat to the state's environmental sustainability and called for a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

It warned that by 2030 Adelaide's average temperature could rise by 1.4 degrees, the number of days over 35 degrees could more than double by 2070 and that the loss of up to 50 per cent of all plant and animal species was possible by 2050.

It also predicted the state would face a water crisis because of reduced rainfall and dwindling resources."

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