How local energy can boost Australia’s climate change resilience


The current bushfire crisis in northern New South Wales and Queensland is a sobering reminder that Australia is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change.

This means that our energy system is also highly vulnerable to severe weather events – not only bushfires and heatwaves, but also severe winds (hello, South Australia in 2016) and floods.

But there are things we can do to protect our energy supply from some of the impacts – and they don’t all involve the expensive extremes of beefing up the transmission system or going off grid.

Read more: https://reneweconomy.com.au/how-local-energy-can-boost-australias-climate-change-resilience-52700/
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