The climate change study that warned of this bushfire season 12 years ago

Professor Ross Garnaut AO

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

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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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