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Section sizes

Section size for Climate change in Australia (69 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	11,280	11,280	632	632
Greenhouse gas emissions	166	166	0	0
Impacts on the natural environment	280	43,388	19	2,779
Temperature and weather changes	10,329	10,329	675	675
Sea level rise	1,580	1,580	121	121
Water (droughts and floods)	4,244	4,244	316	316
Water resources	1,668	1,668	124	124
Bushfires	12,587	12,587	756	756
Extreme weather events	1,806	5,773	58	335
Heatwaves	3,967	3,967	277	277
Ecosystems and biodiversity	5,379	6,927	309	433
Great Barrier Reef	755	755	87	87
Lord Howe Island	793	793	37	37
Impacts on people	22	35,309	0	2,653
Economic impacts	4,106	7,455	298	441
Agriculture forestry and livestock	2,419	2,419	89	89
Electricity demand	930	930	54	54
Impacts on housing	28	3,142	0	322
Settlements and infrastructure	836	836	101	101
Human settlements	1,201	1,201	123	123
Property	1,077	1,077	98	98
Impacts on foreign policy and national security	5,960	5,960	303	303
Health impacts	1,533	1,533	75	75
Impacts on indigenous Australians	2,743	17,197	282	1,512
Vulnerability	4,263	8,891	374	749
Heat and drought	1,911	1,911	164	164
Impact of climate change on health	2,717	2,717	211	211
Traditional knowledge	3,979	3,979	300	300
Responses to climate change	1,584	1,584	181	181
Mitigation	1,538	11,973	123	611
Emissions reductions	4,029	4,029	164	164
Forestry and forest-related options for carbon sinks	1,617	1,617	130	130
Policies and legislation to achieve mitigation	131	4,789	0	194
Paris Agreement	4,048	4,048	146	146
State legislation	29	610	0	48
Victoria	581	581	48	48
Adaptation	2,579	10,037	270	885
National government programs	38	6,774	0	569
Regional natural resource management (NRM) organisations	1,106	1,106	86	86
National Climate Change Adaptation Programme	1,388	1,388	168	168
Climate Adaptation Flagship	2,008	2,008	145	145
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility	1,286	1,286	83	83
The Local Adaptations Pathway Program	948	948	87	87
Adaptation at workplaces	684	684	46	46
Policies and legislation	13,471	23,246	720	1,481
History of climate change policy in Australia	5,532	5,532	474	474
International cooperation	4,243	4,243	287	287
Society and culture	26	17,789	0	864
Politics	4,383	4,383	193	193
Activism	11,619	11,619	520	520
Litigation	1,682	1,682	151	151
Media coverage	79	79	0	0
Projected impacts by location	722	10,540	37	934
Capital cities	62	9,522	0	858
Adelaide	1,651	1,651	117	117
Brisbane	1,243	1,243	135	135
Darwin	503	503	60	60
Sydney	2,087	2,087	154	154
Melbourne	1,922	1,922	178	178
Perth	1,051	1,051	119	119
Hobart	1,003	1,003	95	95
States	16	296	0	39
Victoria	280	280	39	39
Historical aspects	26	8,880	0	729
Pre-instrumental climate change	5,369	5,369	465	465
Development of an instrumental network for climate records	3,485	3,485	264	264
See also	735	735	0	0
References	33	33	0	0
External links	1,146	1,146	0	0
Total	174,522	174,522	11,568	11,568

Paris agreemment

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hello! We are three students from the Ecological Effects of Climate Changes course at Uppsala University. We're working on updating the paris agrement in some of the climate change articles as part of our coursework. We're learning and welcome any feedback. FalckisUU (talk) 14:45, 24 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

The lede reads like a Greens lecture

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The lede reads like a Greens lecture Boscaswell talk 23:13, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Brisbane rainfall to decrease ... to a higher total?

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

"In a RCP 4.5 scenario Brisbane's temperature will be similar to that of Rockhampton today while rainfall will be closest to Gympie. The CSIRO predicts rainfall in Brisbane will fall between -23% (235 mm) and -4% (45.3 mm) annually by 2090 while temperature will rise between 4.2° and 0.9°."

According to information currently on the respective wikipedia pages, Brisbane receives 1,011.5mm of rain per year on average, but this figure for Gympie is 1,117.4. This is not a decrease of 4 to 23%, but an increase of about 10%. Something is wrong somewhere. Or is "fall between -23% (235 mm) and -4% (45.3 mm)" just a silly way to say "rise by between 23% (235 mm) and 4% (45.3 mm)", because, logically, something falling by a negative amount rises, no? 120.22.66.196 (talk) 04:33, 4 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Paris agreemment

The lede reads like a Greens lecture

Brisbane rainfall to decrease ... to a higher total?