EPA finds over '100 key risks' to the State posed by climate change 

The EPA has said the State must take urgent action within the next five years to minimise the risk to our infrastructure from wind and coastal erosion, and flooding Picture: Andy Gibson

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified more than 100 key risks to the State posed by climate change, with extreme wind, coastal erosion, and flooding among the biggest threats, with impacts that can cascade across the economy.

In a major report, it says the State must take urgent action within the next five years to minimise the risk posed to our communications and energy distribution infrastructure by extreme wind, and to minimise the risk to our buildings and transport infrastructure from extreme wind, coastal erosion, and coastal flooding.