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Nigeria’s religious leaders can shape the environmental worldviews and behaviour of their congregations
What is the best way to help families sustain transition to clean cooking methods? Research in Bangalore, India offers some answers.
A new report pushes for a modern tourism model, including the introduction of airport departure taxes, to enhance New Zealand’s competitive advantage in a climate-conscious world.
UK still ships huge amounts of plastic waste to places like Vietnam, Malaysia and Pakistan.
Evidence shows that farms that share landscapes with wild nature, such as remnant forests and trees, benefit from the ecosystem services provided.
To achieve environmental sustainability, we need strong corporate standards that are quantifiably enforced, accountants trained to accurately measure sustainability — and we must all play a role.
Different energy technologies should be explored in Ghana to enhance clean fuel use.
If all of humanity was wiped out tomorrow, it’s estimated that the natural world would take at least five million years to recover from the damage humans have done to the world.
Out of the existing 29 million homes in the UK, only eight million meet the highest energy standards.
Lagos state must include the informal sector in its waste economy for inclusive development to happen.
There’s no going back to normal after COVID-19, partly because our pre-pandemic world was anything but normal.
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter explains what Biden’s “all hands on deck” approach could look like as the new administration takes on five big climate challenges.
A study of preschoolers’ understanding of their urban environments suggests their voices should be heard more in city planning.
Thousands of chemical compounds in wildfire smoke are interacting with each other and sunlight as the smoke travels. For people downwind, it can become more toxic over time.
A year since the fires, I feel an underlying sadness and concern for the future. From my discussions with other conservationists, I know I’m not the only one to feel this way.
Symbolic gesture or assertion of state power? Declaring a climate ‘emergency’ walks a fine line between hopeful rhetoric and risk to democracy.
If the tourism minister is worried about the wider social, economic and environmental impacts of visitors, he’d be better off banning cruise ships, not backpackers.
Will the newest batch of books about the climate crisis change minds? Reading about the problem can help us understand it, but it’s political action that is needed now.
Here are four ways adults can help kids work through their worries about the environment.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW Sydney
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Agente de transfert de connaissances pour le Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Research Assistant, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
