The final report of the federal government’s Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub has found Australia’s tropical rainforests will dry out, marine and land heatwaves will become more frequent and intense, and thunderstorms will dump more rain and worsen floods as the planet heats up.

The work of more than 100 researchers, the report said there is “a clear link between climate change and worsening bushfire weather conditions over the past 70 years”, and singled out the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests as one area of concern.

Today on Please Explain, environment editor Peter Hannam joins Nathanael Cooper to look at this damning report and what it means.