Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and follows on from his answer to a previous question. I refer to a recent speech by the British Foreign Secretary on climate change where she said:

One study suggests that a sea-level rise of just 50 centimetres ... will displace two million people from the Nile Delta. A one metre rise will displace 25 million in Bangladesh.

Minister, what implications will a one-metre sea level rise have for Australia and for our neighbours in the South Pacific?

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