Global warming ‘will leave Sydney in permanent drought by 2070’

GLOBAL warming will leave Sydney in permanent drought by 2070, with huge seas battering its famous beaches and raging bushfires threatening its outskirts, a new report says.

Yesterday’s report from the national government’s scientific agency concludes that climate change is inevitable and the city should start immediate planning.

The CSIRO predicts the average Sydney temperature will rise 4.8 Celsius, well above the average 3.0 predicted globally by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.