Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Carol Brown for her supplementary question. The World Health Organisation has previously indicated that changes in climate conditions can have three kinds of health impacts: (1) direct impacts, such as heatwaves; (2) health consequences, such as changes to ecosystems and biological processes; and (3) health consequences that occur when populations are disrupted or displaced. Health impacts due to climate change will affect some regions, socioeconomic groups and demographic groups more than others. For example—