Climate change is upon us. The Paris Agreement is an acknowledgement of the urgency and scale of the problem. But we must accelerate change if we are to have any hope of a solution. DR SANDRA PIESIK says traditional knowledge can provide further inspiration and ideas about how exactly this can be achieved
Natural disasters like flood and drought have cost the Australian government more than A$12 billion since 2009, write Tayanah O'Donnel & Josephine Mummery, with even harsher weather events predicted for coming decades. Clearly, it's just the time for Australia to eliminate funding for research on adapting to climate change.
Aid agencies are well resourced and quick to act, but not enough of them appear to be using their power to tackle the long term problems posed by climate change. Tom Levitt reports
Hoover accepted human society for what it was: rich in resources but nevertheless imperfect, unpigly. And he discovered that a solitary pig is a sad thing, almost as useless as a bee without a hive.