Climate calling
by SBS
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Why Yessie's fight to save his island home is a race against time
Why Yessie's fight to save his island home is a race against time
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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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- Why Yessie's fight to save his island home is a race against time · 14 minTorres Strait Islander Traditional Owner Yessie Mosby describes what is at stake with the rising sea levels and its impact on the land he calls home.
- The battle to save Torres Strait's teardrop island · 6 minIn the Torres Strait Islands, a new approach to land conservation is helping combat the effects of sea level rise by giving community a role in how they adapt to climate change.
- The weather is becoming more extreme. What does this mean for the great Aussie summer? · 9 minWith hotter temperatures and more extreme weather becoming a fixture of Australia's holiday season, does this signal the end of the great Aussie summer? Should we schedule our…
- Under threat: Rising sea levels could threaten hundreds of thousands of properties · 8 minA new report by the Climate Council has projected that sea level rise will threaten more than 267,000 Australian properties over the next century. Rising sea levels are forecast…
- Palau says Australia needs to take a lead to help Pacific nations facing rising sea levels · 5 min. Climate change will be a pressing issue at next month's Pacific Islands Forum, which is being hosted by Palau, with calls for every regional player to be at the table, so…
- Europe simmers through heatwave conditions with fire and droughts sweeping parts of the continent · 6 minLarge parts of Europe are continuing to swelter through heatwave conditions as wildfires burn out of control in multiple countries. The world's fastest-warming continent, Europe…
- 'We should be concerned': Scientists warn onset of El Niño could wreak global havoc · 7 minFrom Europe to the Pacific, extreme weather events are devastating communities and wildlife across the globe as scientists warn of a strengthening El Niño . With the weather…
- Great Barrier Reef avoids 'in danger' listing - but what can be done to ensure its future? · 10 minConservationists are calling for greater government action to protect the Great Barrier Reef, as a looming El Nino weather system threatens more coral bleaching. In a draft…
- 1300 heat-linked deaths: why experts say Europe is in danger when it comes to extreme heat · 7 minThe World Health Organisation says more than 1300 deaths can now be linked to Europe's unprecedented summer heatwave. As the heat moves east, all-time temperature records have…
- How scientists are using surrogates to protect Australia's most endangered wallaby · 7 minEveryone from rugby union supporters to wildlife and animal lovers has heard of the Australian wallaby. But it's perhaps less known that there are, in fact, many species of these…
- Seven dead, officials on alert as Europe swelters through spring that feels like summer · 4 minAuthorities in France say at least seven people have died due to unseasonably warm temperatures, while for the second day in a row, the UK has recorded a new record high for May…
- Conservation protest takes aim at "needless" harvesting on Great Barrier Reef · 4 minAustralia is home to the world's largest coral reef ecosystem, but conservationists say it's also the country's largest coral fishery. The sustainability of the Great Barrier…
- INTERVIEW: Vanuatu's minister for Climate Change Ralph Regenvanu · 9 minVanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change, Ralph Regenvanu, has emerged as one of the Pacific’s most influential and principled public figures, combining political leadership with…
- INTERVIEW: The Cocos Islands will soon become uninhabitable; but what happens to the residents? · 15 minA remote Australian outpost more than 3,000 kilometres from Perth, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are facing an uncertain future. Climate modelling predicts the low-lying atoll…
- How the tale of one possum reveals threats to thousands of Aussie species · 7 minAustralia’s unique wildlife is facing an escalating extinction crisis, driven primarily by climate change and compounded by habitat loss. 34 new species of plants and animals…
- INTERVIEW: What needs to happen to bring the Murray Darling Basin back to health? · 12 minThe Murray Darling Basin management plan is currently under review. Public submissions on a discussion paper [[see it here…
- INTERVIEW: SBS talks to Mildura's mayor on managing heatwaves, and overcoming climate change scepticism · 14 minThe far northwestern city of Mildura is used to hot summers. But in January, the city and surrounds sweltered through an unusual heatwave, with temperatures breaking records…
- Mildura has already broken heatwave records. As climate change advances, what comes next? · 11 minFor many in Australia's south-east, the day after Australia Day brought sweltering conditions and record temperatures. In Mildura, in Victoria's far northwest, the mercury hit…
- Australia’s summers being transformed as climate change drives heatwaves · 6 minAustralian summers are undergoing what scientists call a "total transformation," with a new study from World Weather Attribution revealing the country can now expect heatwaves…
- Climate report warns of increasingly extreme weather · 5 minThe European Union's latest annual climate report reveals last year was the world's third-hottest on record. The report also finds the global three-year average has warmed by…
