A wind farm near Cape Jervis in South Australia.

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SA climate change response to boost post-COVID-19 jobs: Garnaut

South Australia is the best equipped jurisdiction in the country to respond to climate change, with the state’s increasing reliance on solar and wind power likely to have the additional benefit of increasing jobs after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by economist Ross Garnaut.

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Call to repave Rundle Mall (again) to combat climate change

Seven years after the Adelaide City Council replaced Rundle Mall’s patchy pavers with slick granite, it is being advised to again rip up the paving and install “cooler materials” to help combat the effects of climate change.

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World's hottest temperature for a century at Death Valley

One of the hottest air temperatures recorded anywhere on the planet in at least a century has been reached at Death Valley in California’s Mojave Desert, where it has soared to 54.4C.

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Aerial spectacular shows the world at a tipping point

WOMADelaide audiences will be wowed this weekend by an aerial spectacular that combines performance, projections and music to drive home the effects of climate change through what its director describes as “a live disaster movie in the sky”.

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Hot dry climate leads SA Water to double CO2 emissions

Warm and dry conditions last year led SA Water to more than double the amount of greenhouse gas emissions it released into the atmosphere to pump water to Adelaide properties.