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Climate calling

Climate calling

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 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.Copyright 2025, Special Broadcasting Services Earth Sciences Nature & Ecology Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
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  • INTERVIEW: Vanuatu's minister for Climate Change Ralph Regenvanu

    INTERVIEW: Vanuatu's minister for Climate Change Ralph Regenvanu
    Apr 15 2026
    Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change, Ralph Regenvanu, has emerged as one of the Pacific’s most influential and principled public figures, combining political leadership with cultural advocacy and a sustained commitment to climate justice. In an exclusive interview with SBS, he said that current issues with fuel security and supply wouldn’t influence the negotiations between Australia and Vanuatu to finalise the Nakamal agreement. The treaty, initialed in August last year but not finalised, aims to enhance economic, security and cultural cooperation between the two countries. He told SBS’s Rayane Tamer that the current fuel crisis presents Australia with a unique opportunity to become an alternative energy superpower
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    9 mins
  • INTERVIEW: The Cocos Islands will soon become uninhabitable; but what happens to the residents?

    INTERVIEW: The Cocos Islands will soon become uninhabitable; but what happens to the residents?
    Apr 10 2026
    A remote Australian outpost more than 3,000 kilometres from Perth, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are facing an uncertain future. Climate modelling predicts the low-lying atoll, home to around 600 residents, could become uninhabitable within 50 years. About 460 of those residents are Cocos Malays, whose ancestors were brought to the islands generations ago as indentured labourers by the Clunies-Ross family, paid in company-issued tokens. Despite that history, the community has preserved a distinct culture and way of life that endures today. Following a United Nations-supervised vote in the 1980s, the Cocos Malays chose to integrate with Australia. Since that time, it is the isolation that has helped preserve the islands unique cultural identity. In this extended edition of Weekend One on One, Federal Minister for Local Government and Territories Kristy McBain speaks with SBS’s Christopher Tan, following the release of the Government’s Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan — the final report assessing the threats facing the Cocos Islands.
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    15 mins
  • How the tale of one possum reveals threats to thousands of Aussie species

    How the tale of one possum reveals threats to thousands of Aussie species
    Feb 17 2026
    Australia’s unique wildlife is facing an escalating extinction crisis, driven primarily by climate change and compounded by habitat loss. 34 new species of plants and animals have been added to the government's threatened species list this February, including the lemuroid ringtail possum - native to north Queensland's Wet Tropics region. Researchers say urgent climate action and stronger environmental protections are critical to prevent further irreversible loss of Australia's signature biodiversity.
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    7 mins
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