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Dr Qin Dahe, a glaciologist and respected Chinese academician, was co-chair of the working group that wrote the fifth major assessment of climate science for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on Friday. In an exclusive interview with Fairfax, he urged Australia not to think of itself as a small, unimportant player in climate change.

The Chinese government is very aware of the risks of a more extreme monsoon climate on its food supply, the economy and society.“Even if the climate changes slightly that would lead to very catastrophic consequences to China,” he said. “That is why the Chinese government attaches great importance to climate change, including its physical science basis.”

Australia, though smaller in population, has a land mass comparable to China and its population is concentrated along coastlines – “sea level rises pose a hazardous impact to cities such as Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane,” he said. Climate change could disrupt farming. And the frequency of bushfires is indirectly linked to climate change…… http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/australia-has-much-to-lose-from-climate-change-20130928-2ukez.html#ixzz2gPQPMyYk