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.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 168
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Great Barrier Reef remains on UNESCO World Heritage list - but Australia warned to take action
A draft report by UNESCO shows that the Great Barrier Reef will not be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites. While the government hails it as a positive sign, it is only a temporary r…
00:04:07 |
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Southern Europe swelters through another heatwave
Italian health authorities have intensified their weather warnings as Southern Europe endures another brutally hot week. Temperatures are expected to top 40 degrees in several cities.
00:01:47 |
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Fire authorities investigating how cultural burning can become more accessible
Fire authorities looking to avoid a repeat of the devastating bushfires of 2019 and 2020, are investigating how cultural burning can become a more accessible service. Representatives from eleven Loca…
00:03:07 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
The dangers of smoke, ahead of a new bushfire season
The catastrophic bushfires affecting North America, Europe and China are a chilling reminder of the Black Summer of 2019-2020 in Australia. With forecasts of a dangerous bushfire season ahead for thi…
00:05:42 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
July on track to be the hottest month in history
The World Meteorological Organisation's projection comes as the UN again demands action on climate change
00:06:54 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
Climate change is intensifying heatwaves and bushfires: meteorologists
Australia is no stranger to catastrophic bushfires. The disastrous summer fires of 2019-2020 - now known as the Black Summer - made headlines around the world, with nearly a quarter of a million squa…
00:06:33 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Murray Darling Basin Plan won't finish on time, says Minister
A multi-billion-dollar plan announced in 2012 to save the Murray Darling Basin won't be completed on time according to new advice. Failing to meet the legislated deadlines has triggered concerns from…
00:03:48 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
WMO warns of increased risk of deaths from extreme weather in Europe, Asia and US
In the midst of historic heatwaves in the northern hemisphere, Europe now faces the peril of unrelenting high temperatures and forest wildfires adding to the global climate crisis. The United Nations…
00:06:44 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
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