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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.

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00:07:35

'Deadly negligence': Stern warning issued as COP30...

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2025/11/07

Leaders are gathering in Brazil for the UN COP30 Climate Summit as the United Nations declares the world will not meet the 1.5 degree warming limit set in 2015. With 2025 set to be one of the warmest years on record, the most vulnerable small island nations are pleading for stronger action.

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00:07:35

'Deadly negligence': Stern warning issued as COP30...

Climate calling ·

2025/11/07

Leaders are gathering in Brazil for the UN COP30 Climate Summit as the United Nations declares the world will not meet the 1.5 degree warming limit set in 2015. With 2025 set to be one of the warmest years on record, the most vulnerable small island nations are pleading for stronger action.

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00:06:11

Advocates flag 'make or break time' for planet as...

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2025/11/06

This year's global climate summit - COP30 - is being hailed as the most significant in ten years, with experts describing it the "make or break decade" for action on global warming. But doubts are being raised about whether enough can be achieved.

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00:04:15

Three free hours of power under new plan - or is it?

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2025/11/04

Australians in three states are to be offered three hours of free electricity in the middle of the day, under a scheme to share abundant solar energy harvested in non-peak hours. The plan has been welcomed by environmental groups, but some in the Opposition are unimpressed.

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00:12:28

What's next for South Australia's algae bloom?

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2025/09/26

South Australia's algal bloom continues to spread, leading to significant environmental, ecological and mental health harm. Those impacts have been heard at a Senate inquiry examining support arrangements for those affected, but also long-term prevention strategies.

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00:04:37

UN says millions of young people are being left behind

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2025/09/26

Youth advocates from around the world have gathered at the UN headquarters in New York to participate in the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Their meeting marked the thirtieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth.

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00:05:15

Opinions divided on how to save our precious mountain...

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2025/09/20

New research has found Australia's heat-stressed forests are rapidly thinning, and could even be producing carbon emissions. It comes as the government prepares to release its 2035 emissions targets and a climate risk report later this month. But local researchers, politicians and Traditional Owner land groups remain divided on how to protect the forest.

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00:08:37

Top court delivers landmark ruling on global...

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2025/07/24

The International Court of Justice has delivered a historic ruling on international climate obligations, opening the door for possible reparations. After a lengthy campaign led by law students in Pacific Island nations, the world's top court has declared individual states have a legal duty to tackle climate change.

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00:06:31

Calls for more to be done to address natural disaster...

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2025/06/02

New Treasury analysis shows the cost of Cyclone Alfred and other floods across New South Wales and Queensland has reached around $2.2 billion dollars. Community leaders, economists and climate researchers want Australia to do more to address the costs.

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00:04:16

Study finds rising temperatures pose a mental health...

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2025/04/19

Researchers are warning extreme heat is a threat to mental health. Doctors have long warned of the dangers of heat related stress and now a study suggests rising temperatures could increase the burden of mental and behavioural disorders by almost 50 per cent by 2050.

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00:05:47

INTERVIEW: The planet at risk - from disinformation

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2025/02/21

Alexander Sangerlaub leads the think and do tank Futur Eins in Germany, which looks at the future of digital public spheres. I recently caught up with him in Berlin, after an event he was part of to raise awareness among young people about the impacts of disinformation on society and democracy.

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00:09:22

Is the air we breathe impacting our brains? Medical...

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2025/02/14

Australia ranks among the best in the world for air quality, but with worsening climate change and an ever extending bushfire season, some experts warn even low levels of air pollution are impacting our health. As more and more evidence links air pollution to both long and short term cognitive issues, medical experts say the government can do more to protect Australians in the long term

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00:02:50

The world's largest iceberg on a collision course...

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2025/02/01

The world's largest and oldest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote island... potentially putting wildlife in danger. Known as 'megaberg' the colossal slab of ice is drifting towards South Georgia - a British overseas territory - north of Antarctica. The iceberg first broke away from the Antarctic shelf in the 1980s. So how has it survived so long, and what could happen if it does reach the island?

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00:05:48

2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record

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2025/01/11

The World Meteorological Organisation and NASA have confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record, with temperatures spurred on by greenhouse gas driven climate change. And the Bureau of Meteorology says it was the second hottest year on record in Australia after 2019. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says people and organisations need to be prepared for more extreme weather events and natural disasters due to the climate crisis.

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00:13:01

Change Agents Revisited: Greg Mullins

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2025/01/02

The award winning SBS podcast series Change Agents has met some remarkable Australians over the last four years - individuals who are changing the society in which we all live. In this episode from 2022, series producer Peggy Giakoumelos introduces us to Greg Mullins, a high profile, former fire chief who is using his experience on the front line to advocate for more action on climate change

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00:06:41

Up up and away: carbon emissions in tourism industry...

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2024/12/15

With the holiday season fast, approaching many people will be preparing to pack up and head out on holidays. But researchers are calling on people to consider the sustainability of their trips with carbon emissions from the tourism industry on the increase. A study published in Nature Communications indicates that greenhouse gas emissions from tourism are growing more than two times faster than those from the rest of the global economy.

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00:06:52

World's highest court hears largest-ever case on...

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2024/12/03

The largest case to be held at the world's top court is underway with climate justice under the spotlight and significant implications for Australia's fossil fuel industry. Climate activists have condemned Australia's submission in the landmark case on climate responsibility as an attempt to dodge responsibility for the worsening climate crisis.

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00:04:51

Australia's 'beating heart' - the Murray Darling...

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2024/12/03

The Murray-Darling River Basin provides water to more than 3.6 million Australians and covers more than a million square kilometres. Despite 30 years and billions of dollars spent trying to protect it, researchers say the waterway is in declining health.

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00:06:22

Severe storms in Australia raise fears of future wild...

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2024/12/02

Australia has been hit with severe storms in the past few weeks. The increasingly common presence of floods has worried Australians that fear a future of extreme weather for the country.

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00:14:50

INTERVIEW: Former defence chief Chris Barrie talks to...

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2024/10/12

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.

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