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Mapping climate policy
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A post-COP conversation
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Q&A: Australia's COP26 report card
Ross Garnaut on Australia's performance at COP 26 and lagging on climate change policy.
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What was achieved at COP26?
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Healing Country, Healing futures: aspirations for country and community
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Opposing views or rising tides: Climate Conversations Ep 2
Our expert's discuss what's ahead – and what's at stake – for Australia, as climate change impacts the country.
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Who's fighting for the environment in China?
Despite the Chinese government’s aversion to collective action, there are NGOs working hard to save the environment.
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Pushing back against plastic waste in Indonesia
In Indonesia, pollution from plastics is reaching crisis levels. How did Indonesia get into this predicament, and who will clean up the mess?
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The betrayal of our young
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One (wo)man’s trash
A Melbourne community’s mission aims to reduce waste to build a more sustainable society.
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Insurance failing when we need it most
The whole concept of insurance comes under question when disasters are apparently too big to insure, but the industry needs to do more to meet the challenge.
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Is viral marketing a key to our planet's health?
Science and business experts discuss viral marketing's potential to influence big business, and contribute towards climate activism.
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Australia’s rivers are ancestral beings
In Australia, our rivers must be understood as ‘ancestral beings’ under Indigenous law.
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Australia in 2029 - A Hypothetical Future: Climate Conversations Ep 1
Our expert's discuss what's ahead – and what's at stake – for Australia, as climate change impacts the country.
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Artists, environment and truth telling in Indonesia
Art and environmental activism go together for many Indonesian artists, but some are also pushing for a reckoning as a new way forward for the country.
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A solution to engineering energy-saving smart materials
A new way to engineer smart materials at lower temperatures could make more buildings energy-saving.
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The case for an Australian climate accord
An Australian Climate Accord could foster agreement on reducing emissions while improving Australia’s living standards.
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Creating the catalysts for more efficient energy harvesting
Newly designed catalysts that lower the amount of energy needed for a reaction without being used up themselves make reactions cheaper, faster and more efficient.
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Mental health in a changing climate
The evidence about the mental health risks linked with climate change is mounting, presenting urgent opportunities to respond both locally and globally.
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A new thermometer for studying our past climate
Researchers have a new tool to understand our climate history, and how different regions may have responded to past global climate change.
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Organised chaos: The key to next-generation solar technology
The widespread use of next-gen Perovskite solar cells may be one step closer due to research that has solved the problem of instability in the mineral’s bandgap.
First published on 13 May 2022.
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