Professor Ross Garnaut AO speaks during the Changing Climate on Climate Change, at the Pathway to Growth conference at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne, 2014 Source: AAP
An independent report by economist Ross Garnaut into the cost of mitigating climate change predicted a dangerous fire season around 2020.
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