Wildfires, wombats and wake-up calls – what to read, rethink and act on this week

This roundup of The Conversation’s environment coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. The world is burning. As ferocious wildfires spread across Europe, some people continue to fly off to the continent on their holidays, seemingly unaware of the extreme dangers facing thousands of people. Better climate reporting could help to bridge this gap. There is often a deep disconnect between coverage of acute emergencies and the long-term link with…