Covering Climate Now takes us into the world's war zones to help us understand how the tyranny of the immediate distracts us from the hard realities of climate change.

The group, an organisation set up by journalists, for journalists, most recent "press briefing' was entitled: "War and Climate Change".

The group says: "War and climate change are intertwined in ways that journalists need to understand. Violent conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere are not only causing terrible human suffering, they are feeding the climate crisis.

"War — and military operations in general — have a massive carbon footprint that is often overlooked, partly because militaries’ emissions are excluded from limits imposed under UN climate agreements. Not only does conflict contribute emissions, but extreme weather and other climate impacts can kindle armed conflict — both within nations as people from drought-stricken rural communities migrate to cities and between nations. Perhaps most challenging for journalists is that, when guns and bombs are killing people, that necessarily grabs headlines, but also edges out climate change on the news agenda."

Guardian reporters, Josh Nicholas and Nick Evershed, alert readers to the frightening impact of a Western Australia gas project: "Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project"

Geoff Rose (pictured), a Professor in Transport Engineering, Monash Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, discusses the trials, challenges and opportunities of E-bikes and E-scooters in his article on The Conversation: "E-bikes and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer".

Geoff delves into history to tell us of an early interview about e-bikes in which a woman in Portland, Oregon, in the U.S., told him how an e-bike had enabled her to recover her life.

He urges authorities to abandon their fixation with the power of e-bikes and e-scooters and allow law enforcement to administer comparatively simple speed restrictions.

Dr Philip Lawn (pictured at COP 23, where he dared mention population and was almost thrown out of the room) was the preeminent speaker at the June 14 Swanpool Environmental Film Festival.

Dr Lawn's address followed the screening of the movie "Climate Extreme: At the abyss?"

The small country at Swanpool (about 20 km south of Euroa) was booked out for the annual festival.

Some rain has fallen in parts of Victoria, and among those celebrating were these kids (pictured).

However, one Victoria farmer says: "‘I won’t get excited until my hair is wet’: This weekend is make or break for farmers";

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"A carbon tax and some key policy challenges";

"UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef";

"The slippery question of how to define a wetland";

"Gulf Coast Communities Take on Insurers Backing Trump-Approved Fossil Fuel Facilities";

"DOE Axes $3.7B in Clean Energy Grants—Is America’s Net Zero Future in Jeopardy?";

"Trump​ Is Going to Raise Your Insurance Premiums";

"‘Fast running out of time to turn the tide’: Australia at sea in vast marine heatwave";

"Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals";

"Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows".