Sydney Morning Herald: THE State Government is ramping up its preparations for the effects of global warming by forming a new state-wide plan, which assumes some local communities will be hit hard by rising sea levels, bigger bushfires and heatwaves. The new "climate action plan" merges new measures with existing strategies and will be launched this morning by the Minister for Climate Change and Environment, Verity Firth. The Government will target local areas, such as low-lying coastal …