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The road map for a more sustainable future starts with clean energy and fossil-fuel-free transportation.
Traffic crashes kill and injure millions worldwide every year and are a major drain on economic development. Improving road safety would produce huge payoffs, especially in lower-income countries.
Designed by scientists, a comic book empowers the reader to become a pioneer of cutting-edge, agro-ecological farming in developing countries.
Why is Indonesia planning to build a new capital called Nusantara? Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Groundwater has the potential to support broad economic, humanitarian and social development in sub-Saharan Africa, as it has in other regions globally.
The language around climate change can feel overwhelming. A psychology and public policy expert breaks it down in plain English.
Flooding constitutes a threat to Nigeria achieving the global sustainable development goals.
Energy and climate policies aren’t always headed in the same direction, but if they work together they can tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time.
The way we build our cities is adversely affecting our health, and, in particular, our hearts. Thinking of urban planners as health professionals could change that
From Germany to Georgetown, the Global North has a lot to learn about reckoning successfully with past human rights wrongs.
The fact that nearly half the world’s population is still struggling to escape poverty while global temperatures hurtle upward is not a coincidence.
Carbon emissions from maritime shipping and port activities are on the rise. But city ports are finding ways to reduce their carbon footprints and reconnect with nearby cities.
When the pandemic put tourism on hold, many residents heaved a sigh of relief. Will hasty economic recovery plans scupper our chance for a rethink?
The oceans play a key role in regulating life on Earth. We must shift our view of them from as something to use if we hope to develop them sustainably.
Attempts to wage war on drugs in developing countries which don’t take into account the needs of local people are doomed to fail. Here’s why.
Sea level is still rising, and when that lunar cycle starts upward again, it will mean double trouble for places like Miami.
Bill C-12 is a step in the right direction, but its not enough to meet Canada’s goal for a decarbonized economy.
To protect urban trees, it’s important to reduce the impact from construction. Advance planning and close supervision can help.
A new report from the GovLab and the French Development Agency (AFD) examines how development practitioners are experimenting with emerging forms of technology to advance development goals.
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Urban & Regional Planning; Chair of the Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Network (CCARRN), University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Assistant Director (International) - Melbourne Centre for Cities, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Thomas Wiedmann is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Sustainability Research, UNSW Sydney
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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 Sydney, UNSW Sydney
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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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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Nina Lansbury 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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Research Fellow in Urban Resilience and Innovation, The University of Melbourne
