The Cost of Doing Nothing

3. The conditions affecting the ability of businesses to produce goods and services: aggregate ________.
5. The 2017–19 drought reduced this on Australian farms, contributing to lost output and lower GDP.
7. A prolonged period of unusually low rainfall.
8. The movement of people that can occur when environmental conditions make their homes or livelihoods unsustainable.
10. Money received by individuals from employment and other sources.
11. The general quality of a person's daily life that cannot simply be measured through income or consumption.
13. The number of people who have jobs or paid work.

1. Roads, facilities and other public assets worth billions have been damaged by increasingly severe weather events.
2. he ability to meet current needs without compromising future generations.
4. Severe weather can reduce agricultural output and incomes, making reliable access to adequate food more difficult.
6. The use of goods and services to satisfy needs and wants.
9. The variety of living organisms that may be threatened by climate change.
12. The total value of goods and services produced within an economy.