More than 100 traditional owners and leading scientists from across Australia met this week to build a national First Nations voice on climate change. From marine heatwaves and rising seas to bushfires and mass species deaths, climate change is having a major impact on First Peoples, their country, health and culture. Photograph: Brian Cassey/The GuardianThis week in Cairns, the CSIRO convened the National First Peoples Gathering on Climate Change. Climate change specialist and senior principal research scientist Dr Kathleen McInnes of CSIRO Melbourne prepares to view the coral at Green Island during the tour. “What we really need is to be able to get to the top levels of government and be heard and be included in that discussion and developing those climate change policies.”

Source: The Guardian March 26, 2021 18:56 UTC