Climate change is ‘leading to more severe bushfires’

Royal Australian College of Physicians fellow Dr Kate Charlesworth says scientists have been very clear" that climate change is "leading to more frequent and severe bushfires, droughts and heatwaves. Dr Charlesworth told Sky News that the government need to address not only the health messages but the key contributing cause to a lot of these bushfires, which is climate change. As a health protection measure it is very clear that we need to rapidly shift away from harmful fossil fuels and towards cleaner, healthier and safer forms of energy, she said. We can reduce the risks of (bushfires) happening again, if we take serious action but unfortunately we have left it so late. "There is some degree of climate change so we have to adapt, but we need to mitigate if we want to reduce the risk of these sorts of events happening more regularly." Image: Getty Read More Our Apps