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A world-first technology using the power of seaweed will dramatically shift the dial on protecting water environments, including the Great Barrier Reef.

UNESCO report highlights what needs to be done to save the global icon. But you might be surprised by its top recommendation.

A new western Sydney lifestyle location is promising a waterfront, public lakes, beaches and waterside dining, close to the Western Sydney International Airport.

Long before Green Square was a huge urban renewal project it was Country known to Traditional Owners for its wetlands. Until now, those water stories have remained largely invisible.

This week, the world's population ticks over a historic milestone. But in the next century, society will be reshaped dramatically — and soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse. We never know precisely how many of us are alive at any one time, but this Tuesday is the United Nations’ best estimate on when we’ll reach 8 billion human beings. Eight billion. It's a number too big to imagine but think of it this way: In the time it takes you to read this paragraph, the world's population grew by

University graduates now make up a larger share of Parramatta than many parts of the north shore as highly educated graduates spread across Sydney.

Wealthy countries must take responsibility for the people most injured by climate change.

Land-use has driven catastrophic bushfires in Australia. University of Melbourne research says it’s time Aboriginal knowledge owners led their Country to health

The Earth Observing Dashboard combines the resources, technical knowledge and expertise of three partner agencies ESA, JAXA, and NASA to strengthen our global understanding of the environmental and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Scandinavia, the indigenous Sámi have their own parliaments. But a new wave of green development is putting pressure on Sámi lands, testing the power of their voice. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5

The Sámi people are indigenous to Europe, their traditional lands crossing from Russia’s Kola Peninsula to the north of Scandinavia and into the Arctic Circle.

Surviving decades of assimilation and discrimination, the Sámi have fought to keep their culture alive. They’ve also fought for elected representative bodies to be their voice to governments - known as Sámi Parliaments - models that could inspire our own ‘Voice to Parliament’.

‘We know what is good for us and we can speak for ourselves’, says Stefan Mikaelsson, the former President of Sweden’s Sámi Parliament. ‘And we don't want…Swedish state officials to talk on our behalf.’

The Foreign Correspondent crew travels for hours across the Arctic tundra to capture the Sámi’s traditional way of life, filming the autumn reindeer corral ahead of the winter migration. And the crew heads out on Norway’s spectacular fjords with the Sea Sámi who traditionally rely on fish for their livelihood.

In Norway and Sweden, Day hears of the immense pressures on Sámi lands and waters from a new wave of ‘green’ development sweeping across the Arctic.  The Sámi Parliaments are fighting windfarms and major mine proposals to extract resources crucial for the green energy transition.

They’re fearful the projects could disrupt reindeer migration and that tailings from a large-scale copper mine could contaminate the waters of a significant fjord. ‘One of the strongest weapons in the struggle is the Sámi Parliament’, say Sea Sámi fisherman Torulf Olsen. While there are limits to these Parliaments’ powers – they don’t have the right of veto or the power to make law – many feel they’re a powerful weapon in the Sámis’ fight to survive.

‘If it should happen that the Sámi Parliament stopped existing, then I think it should be much worse for the Sámi people again’, says reindeer herder, Nils Mathis Sara.

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Looking back at some of the greatest influences on tourism trends from the past 10 years.

Conservationist Dr Kellie Leigh says that unexpected discoveries within the World Heritage area offer clues for saving koalas from extinction.

Volunteer tourism, or ‘voluntourism’, is on the way back as borders open. But critics say the largely unregulated industry is overdue for change.

Should Australian cities continue to expand and build on the perimeters or should we increase urban density and infill?

We environmentalists must avoid sending the message that the situation is hopeless. Let’s focus on solutions, says author Isabel Losada

Countries will grapple with how to pay for loss and damage from global warming, and how to bolster pledges to cut emissions.

Smartphone data from more than 9 million people in the US reveals that big cities lead to greater socioeconomic segregation despite claims they reduce it

City of Sydney has proposed removing vehicles from several streets, including a section of Hunter Street.

Video of Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability, the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.

Read the report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-ii/