By Phil Mercer BBC correspondent in Sydney

Australia will suffer from severe water shortages and more wild weather if it fails to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, a report says.

The report by the Australian Climate Group says an increase in the average temperature of just one or two degrees Celsius could devastate farmland.

It says the solution is to cut greenhouse gases by 60% by 2050.

Australia, which has one the world's highest gas emissions, has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol on climate change...

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