Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year. Better insurance options and loans would help us adapt
- Written by Johanna Nalau, Associate Professor in Climate Adaptation, Griffith University
Today’s release of the Insurance Council of Australia’s report puts Australia on the spot: we rank second in the world in extreme weather-related losses. As the Insurance Council puts it, this is not the silver medal we want to win.
Why is this a problem? According to the Resilient Building Council of Australia, a collaboration of...
