[BELOW CONTENT AS PLACEHOLDER ONLY – WILL BE MADE MORE DYNAMIC]
90% of Australian homes are not climate adapted.
Natural disasters are forecast to cost Australians $1.2 trillion over the next forty years
Urgent action is required to adapt the built environment to provide safe, healthy, sustainable and insurable homes.
However, we are currently spending around 97% on disaster response and recovery and just 3% on resilience.
Even though we know that every $1 invested in disaster resilience can save up to $11 in recovery costs. (CSIRO, 2021)
If we don’t flip this investment ratio around, our communities are going to suffer severe economic, social and psychological damage.