UN warning as Climate Council report counts the cost of Australia's bushfires

NSW Rural Fire fighter in Mangrove Mountain, December 8, 2019.

A NSW Rural Fire Service frefighter in Mangrove Mountain, December 2019. Source: AAP

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The United Nations has warned world leaders not to allow coronavirus fears to derail efforts to slow climate change. The call coincides with the release of a report counting the environmental, economic and social cost of Australia’s catastrophic summer of bushfires.

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