Resources
A selection of resources that dig into the science behind climate change and how it’s influencing extreme weather, including bushfires.
Reports
When cities burn: Could the Los Angeles fires happen here?
The uncomfortable truth is that many of the factors that led to the LA disaster are already present in Australia — and getting worse. Our new analysis brings together the latest science, climate trends and fire behaviour research to uncover the risks to a similar disaster occuring in Australia.
State of Queensland: Disaster ground zero
Queensland may be known as the Sunshine State, but it’s also Australia’s ground zero when it comes to climate fuelled disasters.
Too Close to Home: How we keep communities safer from escalating climate impacts
Our communities have endured unimaginable losses caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas. Homes have been submerged in flood waters and reduced to ashes in bushfires, while our communities and environments have been changed forever.
Powder Keg: Australia primed to burn
Australia has long been referred to as a land of “drought and flooding rains”, prone to bushfires as well as intense rainfall events.
The Great Deluge: Australia’s new era of unnatural disasters
2022 will be remembered as the year of the Great Deluge, when record-breaking rain and floods lashed large parts of Eastern Australia, causing untold devastation for Australians and our economy.
Summer of Crisis
The first comprehensive overview of the devastating climate impacts Australians experienced this summer.
The Facts About Hazard Reduction
The 2019-20 bushfire season is shaping up to be Australia’s worst on record. Already, around 10 million hectares have been burnt, more than a billion animals killed, and tragically, lives have been claimed.
Dangerous Summer: Escalating Bushfire, Heat and Drought Risk
A long-term warming trend from the burning of coal, oil and gas is supercharging extreme weather events, putting Australian lives, our economy and our environment at risk.
Submissions & Statements
Resources
When Cities Burn Webinar
Watch our recent webinar, When Cities Burn: Could the Los Angeles Fires Happen Here? where speakers Greg Mullins, AO, AFSM and Major General Peter Dunn AO (Ret) discuss if the LA fires could happen here.
Wildfires in winter: What you need to know about the catastrophe unfolding in Los Angeles
What’s happening in Los Angeles is a catastrophe: LA residents are the latest to endure the worsening climate crisis.
Community Protection Pledge
For more resources and information about ELCA’s Community Protection Pledge – and how you can take action, download our Community Protection Pledge toolkit.
First Nations Climate Justice Panel
The public panel on First Nations Climate Justice offered many insights into the climate crisis from a First Nations’ perspective: the impacts of climate change on First Nations communities, how First Nations communities are leading the fight for climate justice, how to be a good ally, traditional land and water management, and more.
Reducing the costs and impacts of bushfires
Comprehensive recommendations for improved operational performance, systems development and research priorities for bushfire management in NSW and beyond.
Australian Bushfire & Climate Plan
The Australian Bushfire and Climate Plan provides a broad plan and practical ideas for governments, fire and land management agencies and communities to help us mitigate and adapt to worsening fire conditions.