Meanwhile in Australia, one year after the massive bushfires, the country continues to heal its wounds...
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00:00Australian bushfires showed the world a future that no one wants.
00:09Tragically, 34 people lost their lives and just over 3,000 homes were destroyed in the
00:13bushfires.
00:14By the time that bushfire event had finished, we had lost some 17 million hectares of land
00:21and an estimated 1 billion native animals had perished.
00:38We have a bit better of an idea of the losses they caused to our natural environment.
00:41An estimated 3 billion animals were killed or displaced and up to 7 billion trees were
00:45destroyed or damaged.
00:47Many of our forests have started to regenerate, but it's still going to take decades for them
00:51to recover.
00:52Bear was able to locate over 120 koalas, 30 of those were brought into various wildlife
01:12rescue and rehab centres and treated and were able to be released.
01:33It's a really alarming number.
01:35Many important koala populations were directly on the path of these fires.
01:39In New South Wales, for example, where koala numbers were already declining, it's estimated
01:43that about 8,000 koalas were killed or displaced, which is a devastating blow for koalas in
01:48New South Wales.
01:49This makes it more important now than ever for us to protect surviving koala populations
01:54and their remaining habitat.
02:22We've worked extensively with wildlife care groups and carers on their planning and particularly
02:29evacuation planning and training for these sorts of events.
02:42We need to reduce our contributions to global emissions and climate change by switching
02:47to economies based on renewable energy.
02:49Here in Australia, WWF has launched a bold plan to regenerate Australia.
02:53We're going to work with partners to rehabilitate, repopulate and restore wildlife habitats,
02:58boost sustainable agriculture and to help future-proof Australia against climate disasters.