It played a central role in the campaign for a limit on greenhouse gas emissions, and in bringing together groups representing business, investors, unions and the welfare sector to push for change. The Australian 2016/17 summer has seen some of the hottest temperatures ever experienced in the country. Scientists called it "the angry summer " and said such heatwaves are becoming the new normal. A report from Labor says that than 205 records were broken in 2016/17 summer , with the 2016/17 summer being Queensland 's second hottest summer on record, and Sydney 's hottest ever the century . The extreme summers will worsen throughout the rest of mid-century "unless the world can rapidly and deeply reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to a carbon-neutral global economy by mid-century ," the report says.
The Australian 2016/17 summer has seen some of the hottest temperatures ever experienced in the country. Scientists called it "the angry summer " and said such heatwaves are becoming the new normal. A report from Labor says that than 205 records were broken in 2016/17 summer , with the 2016/17 summer being Queensland 's second hottest summer on record, and Sydney 's hottest ever the century . The extreme summers will worsen throughout the rest of mid-century "unless the world can rapidly and deeply reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to a carbon-neutral global economy by mid-century ," the report says.