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Traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous peoples offers ways to adapt to climate impacts.
A faltering peace agreement between the US and the Taliban and stalled intra-Afghan negotiations mean sustainable development has been ignored.
As Africa battles to contain the spread of Coronavirus and limit its impact on the economy, it is imperative that such efforts are driven by local realities.
Nigeria needs to adopt gender specific strategies to financially include women smallholders in agriculture.
Recent extreme events in Australia, with torrential rain and floods following devastating bushfires, have focused the World Urban Forum's attention on the urgency of climate action.
My year of buying almost nothing saved me thousands of dollars – but also taught me valuable lessons as a teacher, including about the benefits of failure.
A fairer, greener and more prosperous Australia is possible – so long as political leaders don't focus just on economic growth.
Expanding on sustainable practices in remote parts of Australia can deliver great benefits to both local Indigenous owners and national and global communities.
The demands on land and resources from our fast-growing cities are unsustainable, as are the wastes they produce. Yet still our leaders act as if unlimited growth is possible.
Yerba mate is a wildly popular South American tea with a growing global market. Can this 'superfood' save Paraguay's tropical forests, too?
Indonesia is struggling to keep its waste from the oceans. The government has announced ambitious plan to curb plastic waste. However, lack of research to support the policy.
Indigenous Marind in West Papua consider the forest and its plants and animals as kin. These culturally valued multispecies relations, however, are being disrupted by oil palm development projects.
There are studies showing that farmers can have economic benefits from palm oil. However, they can also be impoverished by the commodity.
A community of 200,000 in Dhaka faces eviction to make room for "development". Is it time to rethink the concept, especially with a billion people now living in informal settlements worldwide?
Immigration is neither the problem nor solution in many areas where Australia is off-track, from government debt to environmental action.
Other countries are planning new cities using technological innovation to achieve more sustainable development. Such plans aren't new for Australia, but existing city growth is the focus of attention.
The world is on the brink of creating irreversible damage to the environment if better policy isn't rolled out. Read the findings of the UN report.
Many people focus just on agriculture and new technologies for feeding the world's growing population. Yet, fisheries are the centerpiece of billions of people's diets.
With international trade facing its greatest threat in decades, this club of China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and India will have much to say about it.
Top contributors
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Chair of Urban & Regional Planning and Director of Canberra Urban & Regional Futures, University of Canberra
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André Stephan is a Friend of The Conversation.
Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain
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Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
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Research Fellow in Sustainable Urban Development, Connected Cities Lab, University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
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Thomas Wiedmann is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Sustainability Research, UNSW
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Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware (USA); Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Geography, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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Professor of Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute and School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Nina Lansbury Hall is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Public Health, Australian Catholic University
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Monash University
