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Covering Climate Now

Photo: George Peters

MENTAL: Phobophobia

Podcast by Chenlu Chen, Yongrong Li Clancy Balen Alyssa Herr

Science
Image: AAP/Steve Lillebuen

Veteran of climate wars still fighting for a habitable planet, and for science

Story by Jordyn Beazley

Photo: Jordyn Beazley

How action can work as a powerful antidote to climate despair

Podcast by Clancy Balen Thomas Phillips Mengjie Cai Jordyn Beazley

Photo: Amalyah Hart

Life on the frontline of our disappearing forests

Podcast by Clancy Balen Thomas Phillips Mengjie Cai Jordyn Beazley

Too hot to handle? When temperatures run off the charts

Podcast by Clancy Balen Thomas Phillips Mengjie Cai Jordyn Beazley

Politics
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As renewables run hot, Indigenous network plugs in to power up

Story by Jordyn Beazley

Science
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The call of the wild in the suburbs, and one boy’s battle for the birds

Story by Jordyn Beazley

Science
Photo: Francisco Blaha

Battle on the high seas for Pacific tuna, on the move as oceans warm

Story by Jordyn Beazley

Science
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As oceans heat up, jellyfish come into bloom

Podcast by Amalyah Hart

Image credit: Jordyn Beazley

The Yarn Ep 7: Climate ‘resilience’, a solution or another word for ‘not our problem’?

Podcast by Mariah Papadopoulos Fia Walsh Jordyn Beazley

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Property owners lugged with climate bill as developers turn a blind eye

Story by Jordyn Beazley

Politics
Image credit: Jordyn Beazley

Climate ‘resilience’: A solution, or another word for ‘not our problem’?

Story by Mariah Papadopoulos

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Jordyn Beazley

Age of activism: Grandparents ditch the caravan for the picket line

Podcast by Jordyn Beazley

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Pacific scientists planning and planting for a warmer world

Story by Jordyn Beazley

Society
Photo: Jack Banister

‘It’s our right to be here’: the Torres Strait Islanders fighting to save their homes from a rising sea

Words and photos by Jack Banister

Society

Police and protestors clash as mining conference enters second day

Photos by Liam Petterson

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THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

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  • The Global Citizen editor: Tim Stoney
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