Impact Hotspots

Sydney, Australia

Australia prides itself on its seaside lifestyle, with much of the population living on the coast. But rising sea-levels caused by global warming put this lifestyle at risk. Australia also faces a growing drought problem as climate change intensifies. In 2009, cities like Sydney on the eastern seaboard were hit by a massive dust storm caused by drought conditions inland.

California, United States

Thom Porter is a firefighter with Cal Fire in California. He's noticed a change in weather patterns over the past several years that's causing more bushfires across the state.

Delhi, India

In Delhi, the monsoon season has become more erratic than ever and important rainfall periods (called 'squalls') have stopped, leaving the city dry. Some estimates say that by 2017, 15 million people will be without water in the capital city.

Our solutions

• Welcome to the Energy [R]evolution
• Green collar jobs and a renewed economy
• Protecting forests to save the climate
• Global climate deal, Copenhagen 2009

Climate change in your backyard

• Australia and the Pacific: Frontline of climate change
• Global impacts

Government (in)action

• What’s wrong with the carbon pollution reduction scheme?
• Where is Australia’s global leadership?
• Coal dependence and the mining lobby