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A new report released suggests that 17 of Australia's iconic World Heritage properties will experience increased risks from climate change.

Sites including Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, Lord Howe Island Group

the Tasmanian Wilderness and the Greater Blue Mountains Area are identified as particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

These effects include reduced rainfall, higher sea and land surface temperatures, more severe storm events, ocean acidification and rising sea levels.

The report  is the first comprehensive report by any country into the impacts of climate change on all of its World Heritage properties.