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Climate calling

Make sense of the latest news about climate change and the environment, with reports and interviews from the SBS News team. Hear the story behind the headline.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    'Amazon tipping point' focuses attention on escalating biodiversity loss

    Global environmental leaders are assessing the world’s plummeting biodiversity levels and commitments by countries to protect plants, animals and critical habitats. The two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or COP16, is a follow-up to the 2022 Montreal meetings where 196 countries signed a historic global treaty to protect biodiversity.

    7 min

  2. OCT 12

    INTERVIEW: Former defence chief Chris Barrie talks to SBS about Australia's climate security

    A new report by the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group has outlined how the government’s risk and security agenda fails to include climate change, leaving the country and the population vulnerable.

    15 min

  3. OCT 8

    Defence officials say government's response to climate and security is "too hot to handle"

    A report released by former military and defence leaders, titled Too Hot to Handle, has found Australia's defence capabilities face serious threats if climate change is not taken seriously. The security experts are warning the Australian government that a failure to understand the risks posed by climate change will weaken national security.

    5 min

  4. SEP 27

    Beer’s brewing battle: climate change is challenging traditional hop-growing

    With summer approaching, few things are more appealing than a long, cold beer. Except with the climate warming up, brewing the perfect pint is becoming more of a challenge. In Germany, where they are preparing for the Oktoberfest beer festival, brewing beer is close to a religion. The beer industry is looking to find ways to make hops - a vital ingredient of beer - more resistant to rising temperatures and drought

    5 min

  5. SEP 1

    Emergency services spring into action amid severe weather in Tasmania

    A series of cold fronts have brought damaging and destructive winds to Tasmania. Thousands have lost power and parts of Tasmania's south-east are now under flood warnings, with authorities warning the worst is yet to come.

    4 min

  6. AUG 31

    Good Cop, Bad COP29: Azerbaijan's greenwashing ahead of crucial climate summit

    More than a year after the arrest of Azeri anti-corruption academic Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, human rights organisations are concerned about Azerbaijan's human rights record ahead of it's hosting of the annual COP Climate Change summit.

    11 min

  7. AUG 28

    Tuvalu and Australia celebrate climate pact - as Pacific leaders support regional policing deal

    Anthony Albanese has secured regional support for his Pacific Policing Initiative, which the Australian prime minister says will strengthen collective peace and security. The initiative is widely seen by analysts as a rebuke to China's efforts to expand its own policing and security footprint in the region.

    4 min

  8. AUG 23

    Are we about miss this 'once-in-a-decade opportunity' for our subantarctic islands?

    Being touted as a 'once-in-a-decade opportunity', Australia is conducting a ten-year review into the preservation of some our least-known but most pristine islands. Under a federal government proposal, the protected waters around Heard and McDonald - a remote group of subantarctic islands 4,000 kilometres southwest of Western Australia - are set to quadruple in size. The move has been welcomed by marine scientists but they say under the current plan, the areas of highest ecological value won't be adequately protected.

    4 min
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Make sense of the latest news about climate change and the environment, with reports and interviews from the SBS News team. Hear the story behind the headline.

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  • Channel
    SBS News
  • Creator
    SBS
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    110
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    Clean
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