Climate calling

Torres 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.

In 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.

With 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 'peak' summer — holidays, school breaks and sporting events — according to safety rather than tradition?

With 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 'peak' summer — holidays, school breaks and sporting events — according to safety rather than tradition?

A 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 to impact every state and the Northern Territory, with researchers saying coastal Queensland is at particular risk.

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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 opportunities for progress aren't lost. Last year, Taiwan was among other non-member states not invited due to pressure from China. Palau's government has told SBS, it expects entire island communities to be lost to rising seas by the end of the century, calling on Australia to contribute more to climate adaptation.

Large 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 is becoming increasingly prone to heatwaves, droughts and destructive wildfires.

From 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 system predicted to rapidly emerge in the coming months, experts say no region is immune to the deepening crisis.

From 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 system predicted to rapidly emerge in the coming months, experts say no region is immune to the deepening crisis.

Conservationists 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 decision, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has recommended against putting the reef on its list of sites in danger, while requesting greater ambition on climate change and efforts to improve water quality.

The 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 been broken in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Experts say with global warming making heatwaves more frequent, severe, and deadly, Europe is particularly vulnerable when it comes to soaring temperatures.

Everyone 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 cute marsupials, including some that are endangered. One of these is the brush-tailed rock-wallaby and scientists are now working on ways to protect the species.

Everyone 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 cute marsupials, including some that are endangered.



One of these is the brush-tailed rock-wallaby and scientists are now working on ways to protect the species.