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It’s a crucial time for the World Bank, with growing calls for reform and sky-high expectations of what one leader needs to do. A former World Bank official explains the challenges ahead.
Erratic weather patterns occurring due to climate change may become a more significant factor affecting the season start and ice-building processes in the future.
To focus on sustainable development goals, platforms need to change from being exclusively focused on profits and value appropriation to perceiving themselves as public goods.
Up to now we have had fine-sounding but ultimately ineffectual words. New National Environmental Standards hold the key to finally delivering effective protection for the environment.
Recent advancements in the ways organizations measure sustainability performance could lead to a truly authentic approach to sustainability in the business sector.
The huge gathering of policymakers focused on culture’s crucial role in sustainable development.
Australia must map out the best sites for generating the most electricity with the least environmental impact.
Policies supporting fossil fuels are an instant way to ramp up the economy. However, this could come back to hit Indonesia’s economy in the medium to long-term.
Planning has begun for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and already it’s clear the city has learned from the mistakes of other hosts, but its plans to be truly sustainable have one glaring weak point.
Are studies right that expanded access to off-grid solar products has driven economic development in Africa?
The sustainable and inclusive development of the St. Lawrence River is essential. A prolonged laissez-faire attitude will have harmful consequences on people and the environment.
A 1972 report warned that unchecked consumption could crater the world economy by 2100. Fifty years and much debate later, can humanity innovate quickly enough to avoid that fate?
The project threatens catastrophic harm to one of the world’s most important river systems, and the people who depend on it.
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.
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra
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Associate 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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Professor of Sustainability Research, UNSW Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware (USA); Honorary Professor, 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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Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Fellow in Urban Resilience and Innovation, The University of Melbourne
