Saturday, July 05, 2008

Garnaut by numbers

4.5 - projected degrees Celsius increase in Australia’s mean temperature by 2100

5.5 million – number of Australians exposed to Dengue virus by 2100

4,000 – extra heat-related deaths per year by 2100

92 – percentage decline in the value of irrigated agriculture grown in the Murray Darling Basin by 2100

32 – projected increase in the number of Canberra days above 35 degrees Celsius by 2100

150 – percentage increase in the number of days of extreme fire weather by 2067

4.8 – percentage cut in Australia’s GDP resulting from climate change by 2100

zero – Australian snow-based tourism in 2100