Up to 185,000 properties in Queensland would be considered at “very high risk” of natural disaster if global heating continues unabated, according to a new report that warns that many of those homes would also become uninsurable.

The federal government’s national climate risk assessment report – released on Monday – says climate-related natural disasters would occur more frequently if global temperatures increase.

Many of those risks are compounded in north Queensland, where communities would be vulnerable to higher-intensity cyclones, more intense heatwaves and other impacts.

“Communities in northern Australia – including the Northern Territory, Queensland north, and Western Australia north – are exposed to multiple climate hazards, including heatwaves, flooding, tropical cyclones,

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