Climate Change Update: Western Australian Climate Change Impacts

Act now on climate to save WA - report | Herald Sun: "WESTERN Australia's southwest is particularly vulnerable to climate change as rising sea levels threaten coastal homes and a drying trend curbs water supply, a new report says.

It says a changing climate will reduce crop yields in WA's wheatbelt and threaten the world-famous Ningaloo Reef and iconic Western Australian species such as the quokka and Carnaby's Cockatoo.

The Climate Commission released its report titled The Critical Decade: Western Australian Climate Change Impacts.

The report notes that sea levels along Australia's west coast have been rising at more than double the global average.

It predicts that up to 28,900 coastal homes in Perth and Western Australia's southwest will be flooded by the end of the century due to rising sea levels.

Climate commissioner and report author Will Steffen said in Perth the risks had never been clearer, which meant action to reduce carbon emissions had never been more immediately necessary."