Funds pledged to reduce disaster risk

By Paul Osborne
Updated January 25 2021 - 3:39am, first published 3:30am
Environment Minister Sussan Ley says Australia must act and adapt to an already changing climate.
Environment Minister Sussan Ley says Australia must act and adapt to an already changing climate.

Australia will pledge $1.5 billion over five years to help build a more climate-resilient world and set up a new agency to deal with disaster resilience and risk reduction.

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