From rising insurance costs to moving sites, the changing climate is weighing on the minds of organisers. TheFeedSBS
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The 2020 State of the Climate report by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology found climate extremes in Australia —such as extreme heat, heavy rainfall, coastal floods, fire weather and drought were becoming more common — and are projected to stay on this path as the climate warms.it's a risk factor heavily weighing on the minds of organisers.
Revellers at Victoria's Falls Festival in 2019 were told to head home a day into the four-day event due to an extreme fire risk. In a statement, the organisers of the long-running New Year’s Eve festival at Lorne, two hours from Melbourne, said conditions were just too dangerous. Now with the pandemic in the mix, she said insurance costs are at least 30 to 40 per cent more than what they were a handful of years ago.Heightened exposure to the elements is a risk you take by hosting big music festivals among the natural beauty of regional areas, Ms Robinson said.
Minister for Emergency Management Murray Watt on Monday called the events a reminder of Australia’s changing landscape.
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