Climate change report predicts grim future for Aust

A leaked report by the United Nations Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change paints a devastating picture of Australia's future.
The document obtained by the ABC's The 7.30 Report says the average coastline temperature could rise by up to 3.4 degrees by 2050 and by more than 6 degrees by 2080.
It also predicts bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, more frequent fires, droughts, floods and storms, and a further dwindling of streamflows in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Prime Minister John Howard says he has not yet read the draft report on Australia, but heatwaves and floods are not new.
"All countries need to take measures in relation to reducing the likely incidence of those things in the years ahead but my point has always been that we need to take action in a balanced and measured fashion," Mr Howard said.
The UN panel will meet in Brussels next week to adopt the final report.
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