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'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 …

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.

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 t…

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, brewi…

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.

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.

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 exp…

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 -…

Nuclear waste dump debate heating up over AUKUS, Coalition plans

Australia’s AUKUS agreement with the US and Uk will pave the way for nuclear submarines – and nuclear waste. But some experts say the government has not learned the lessons of three past attempts to deal with that material.

Is time running out for the Great Barrier Reef?

Last summer, the Great Barrier Reef suffered through in some of the hottest waters in 400 years. The finding, derived from analysis of coral cores, has shocked researchers who have warned human-made climate change is responsible for back-to-back cora…