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Confronting forecasts and health statistics reveal up to a a third of all Australians could be at risk of falling ill from the high temperatures expected this summer.
It’s possible that without emission cuts and as climate change worsens, summer temperatures could rise from 26.4 to 29 degrees by 2100, a climate similar to PNG’s.