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New plan to aid Queensland in managing climate change

Griffith University has taken up a key role in moulding the future Queensland Tourism by helping in the development of a new Climate Change Adaptation Plan. The plan aims for short and medium term time frames (2030), as well as heading for long-term goals to meet the state’s zero-net emissions target by 2050. As per reports, the climate change related risks facing the local tourism market are physical impacts like cyclones, flood, rise in sea level etc. Professor Susanne Becken, Tourism Director of Griffith Institute, served as the main person of the Queensland Tourism Climate Change Response Plan, which emphasizes on ... Read more