Northern Western Australia faces increasing danger from heatwaves, stronger cyclones, and bushfires as the climate warms, with its population “significantly exposed” to climate hazards.

The federal government’s National Climate Risk Assessment report, released Monday, also warns that by 2070, manual labour in Perth will be “dangerous to perform” on 15 to 26 days a year for agricultural or labour-based work due to increasing heat and humidity.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen speaking at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

It also warns that, under a scenario of 3 degrees of global warming, heat-related mortality in Perth will rise by 312 per cent.

Under 1.5 degrees of warming, increased bleaching and acidification from ocean warming meant

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