Former emergency leaders, climate scientists, doctors and community members are calling on the Federal Government to impose a levy on the fossil fuel industry for a climate disaster fund to help pay for the impact of natural disasters.
Key points:
- A group of 150 experts and bushfire survivors came together in June and July to discuss improvements to bushfire preparation
- There are more than 165 recommendations in the Australian Bushfire and Climate Plan report out today
- One the key recommendations is a climate disaster fund financed by a fossil fuel levy
It comes as part of 165 recommendations by the Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA), a group of more than 150 experts and affected community members, in a bid to improve bushfire readiness, response and recovery.
It follows the ELCA National Bushfire Summit, which took place in June and July — and it’s hoped the findings will be included in the Royal Commission report, which is due to handed to the Government next month.
ELCA co-founder and former Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner Greg Mullins told the ABC that climate change was behind last summer’s catast