David Bowman says Australia must retrofit houses to construct them heat and smoke-proof
Australia has a “massive adaptive program” ahead make preparations for future protracted bushfires and subsequent airborne pollutants, a professor of pyrogeography and flame science has alerted, urging legislators to “tone down the ideology and start resolve the problem utilizing the skills Australians have”.
David Bowman, the director of the Fire Centre at the University of Tasmania’s school of natural sciences, said it was too late to call for action to prevent climate change and that people affected by smoke inhalationfrom fires should necessitate action to adapt to it, such as retrofitting houses to build them heat and smoke-proof.
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