The world’s driest inhabited continent has already lost more mammal species than any other continent in the past 200 years and continues to have one of the highest rates of species decline among developed countries, said a report published Tuesday.
, the report contained a salient warning for Australia’s cities, many of which are growing at faster rates than metropolitan areas in other rich countries. This growth has led to increased urban heat, waste and pollution and pressured increasingly scarce resources such as water and energy, the report’s authors said.
The urbanization is likely to lead to increased deaths, poorer sleep patterns and productivity, they said. The Greens and other lawmakers on whom the government relies in the Senate are pressuring the center-left Labor government to guarantee that a proposed bill targeting a 43 percent reduction in emissions from 2005 levelsThe Greens want a more ambitious 75 percent cut but have signaled their willingness to support the legislation if the target is set as a minimum with obligations that cannot easily be unwound by future governments.
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