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More than 200 million people could be displaced by rising seas, UN climate report warns
The latest special report by the UN’s climate change panel is being published the same week as a summit aimed at upping ambitions on tackling global warming.
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Autumnal Equinox – Japan
National Day – Saudi Arabia
Kyrgyz Language Day – Kyrgyzstan
National Day of Women’s Political Rights – Argentina
National Day of School Failure Prevention – France
Holocaust Memorial Day – Lithuania
Grito de Lares – Puerto Rico
Dominion Day – New Zealand
Chuuk Liberation Day – Micronesia
Mabon – Paganism
International Day of Sign Languages
Climate Change
More than 200 million people could be displaced by rising seas, UN climate report warns
The latest special report by the UN’s climate change panel is being published the same week as a summit aimed at upping ambitions on tackling global warming.
Leaders feel the heat in UN climate summit
World leaders at a UN summit are being asked to present specific proposals, with the secretary-general calling climate change the defining issue of our time”.
Violence and arrests as climate activists protest in UK and France
Activists have stepped up climate protests in Britain and France, with the one in Paris turning violent as windows were broken and barricades set on fire.
From the streets to the summit: Young climate leaders mobilise at UN
Greta Thunberg has opened the first-ever UN Youth Summit aimed at drawing attention to young people calling for action on climate change.
Atlassian billionaire to announce net zero emissions target at UN climate summit
‘Our future demands it,’ says tech entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes as Trump and Morrison snub the New York session
Climate activists hold event to mark vanishing Swiss glacier
Hundreds of climate activists paid their respects to a Swiss glacier on Sunday that is due to disappear over the next decade, the victim of a warming environment.
National
Angus Taylor shrugs off climate rally concerns
Emissions Reductions Minister Angus Taylor insists Australia is playing its role in reducing pollution, shrugging off protesters calls for greater action.
Angus Taylor says Josh Frydenberg knew of family interest before grasslands meeting
Then environment minister knew of Taylor family’s interest in farm being investigated for alleged illegal clearing
PM accused of ‘trashing’ Australia’s reputation by spruiking coal ahead of UN summit
Environmentalists are accusing Scott Morrison of “trashing” Australia’s international reputation, as official documents reveal the broad scale of his government’s efforts to significantly increase coal exports at a time of mass protests calling for action on climate change.
Acting PM wants more dams in northern Aust
Building more dams is the way out of Australia’s water and drought crisis and the scientists agree, acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack says.
Farmers guided to green energy [$]
Farmers are being encouraged to embrace clean energy and change farming habits, with the release of a new guide.
Acting PM ducks sustainable farming debate
The acting prime minister says it’s not the government’s place to tell farmers how to farm, when asked about the need for more sustainable practices.
Miners work on tailings dams [$]
Australian mining companies have agreed to work together to proactively manage risks in their tailings dams.
It’s time to plan a national settlement strategy
Rob Stokes
Planning for population growth needs to be a priority, says the NSW Planning Minister.
Maurice Newman
Doctors are too willing to accept climate change is a health emergency.
Climate debate gets sillier [$]
Chris Kenny
Climate protester coverage was neither insightful nor dispassionate – it was barracking.
Climate babies have the resilience of crystal butterflies [$]
Tim Blair
A previous generation of young Australians dealt with genuinely deadly dangers, while today’s wealthy and comfortable climate babies are terrified by plant food.
Climate strikers so blinded by faith they can’t see actual facts [$]
Andrew Bolt
Young protesters at Friday’s Climate Strike shouted in excitement that they were defending science, but instead they were hot-gospelling for a new religion, where faith counts more than facts.
Forget climate, strikes show adults are failing kids [$]
Gareth Parker
First things first. Calling it a climate strike isn’t right. A strike involves a sacrifice, traditionally a monetary and quite painful one, for a principle. Skipping school on a Friday is no sacrifice
Victoria
Before and after photos reveal depths of waste crisis [$]
Recycling will restart at three councils in Melbourne’s inner city in the first win in Victoria’s waste crisis since embattled recycling giant SKM shutdown. It comes as shocking before and after photos reveal the scale of the recycling crisis that plagued Victoria.
New business case needed for East West Link
Melbourne’s “rapid” population growth may have made it easier to build the East West Link, but the project business case is now outdated and needs to be revisited according to advice handed to the Morrison Government.
New South Wales
Young Liberals back Berejiklian’s handling of abortion bill
Young Liberals overwhelmingly backed Gladys Berejiklian’s handling of the abortion debate at the movement’s annual convention on the weekend.
Queensland
Up to 80 per cent of pandanus trees along Queensland coast killed by pest
Most of the pandanus trees once admired by Captain Cook and famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks have been killed by a combination of drought and the native leafhopper pest.
Psychology of an arsonist: Why do people deliberately light fires?
The rate of deliberately lit fires escalates rapidly during the school holiday period, according to an expert in arson investigations, as Queensland authorities reveal action has been taken against 21 juveniles and nine adults in recent weeks.
Couple’s DIY recycled watering system mimics rain
As Queensland’s Darling Downs continues to experience one of its worst droughts on record, a scientist and a horticulturalist have developed a recycled watering system to keep their garden alive.
Queensland bushfires: extreme season now ‘the new normal’
Firefighters say ‘you’ve got to accept” the climate is changing and be ready to endure more early-season emergencies
Minister waiting on reports behind $300m Brisbane Metro blowout claim
Transport Minister Mark Bailey says he is still waiting to see Brisbane City Council’s new reports on a proposed underground station for the $944 million Brisbane Metro in South Brisbane.
LNP boss expelled for ‘gross disloyalty’ [$]
A regional chairman has been accused of gross disloyalty to the LNP after he refused to be interviewed by the Disputes Committee, led by former party president Bruce McIver.
Reef in dire straits if we don’t act urgently
Tanya Murphy
Watching Finding Nemo with my three-year-old nephew recently, I felt a bittersweet mixture of emotions, because I don’t know if the turtles, clownfish and beautiful corals he loves so much are going to be there for him to see when he grows up.
South Australia
Lights, drones, gunfire: Big plan to deal with little corellas [$]
There have been a number of methods used to try to deal with troublesome corellas, but the SA Government is putting together a five-year plan to humanely mitigate the issue — and it needs your help.
Western Australia
A successful fight against foxes gave rise to a new predator — and the effect was devastating
The “extinction pit” is the name used by scientists for a place no animal wants to go, and just five years ago the numbat — Western Australia’s animal emblem — found itself on the edge thanks to the rise of a new predator.
Home to one of Australia’s best beaches, this island is fighting against the waves of plastic
A community of just 600 people isolated in the Indian Ocean is being inundated with the world’s plastic waste. It is now finding innovative ways to fight back.
Sustainability
Want to slow down your fashion consumption? Here are a few things you can do
Emily Sheahan very rarely purchases new clothes and loves to buy second-hand. She is part of an emerging movement of young designers who believe staying stylish does not mean always keeping up with the latest trends.
Germany makes it official and says ‘nein’ to coal
Germany is joining an international alliance of countries committed to phasing out coal.
Roundup weedkiller is blamed for cancers, but farmers say it’s not going away
After a blockbuster acquisition, Bayer may lose billions over claims that the No. 1 agricultural chemical is unsafe. But its market niche seems secure.
Eco-anxiety in children is nothing new – but we ignore it at our peril
Bryony Gordon
It is a mistake to think that we can shield our offspring from the worries of the world. But real anxiety needs to recognised, discussed and confronted.
Nature Conservation
S.Africa ‘turning tide’ on rhino poaching
Rhino poaching has continued to fall in South Africa where crime syndicates target the animal for its horn, which is prized as a medicinal ingredient in Asia.
‘Edible forests’ can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time
Jagannath Adhikari
Himalayan villages are growing food in the forests, a traditional model that can fight both land clearing and world hunger.
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