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Bioengineering progress demands global collaboration

From ancient selective breeding to cutting-edge nanoinjection, bioengineering thrives on interdisciplinary teamwork driving innovation in healthcare and sustainability.

Medicine and health

Fixing Australia’s housing crisis

Remember the housing crisis dominating the 2022 election? Three years on, the conversation feels frustratingly familiar, but there is a path forward.

Architecture

Silent on climate: As risks surge, election 2025 dodges the issue

The tools needed to manage climate adaptation are not new - what is lacking is political leadership.

Politics and society

From waste to wealth: The business case for circular economy in Australia

The Productivity Commission’s interim report highlights the potential of the circular economy to transform Australia’s economic landscape, offering strategic advantages and boosting business competitiveness while protecting the environment.

Business and economy

E-micromobility is booming, but so are injuries

E-scooters, e-bikes, and other personal mobility devices, have surged in popularity in Australia due to their sustainability and cost-effectiveness, but there are also safety concerns, with increased injuries and fatalities among users and pedestrians.

Politics and society

Mixed progress on SDGs: How Australia can turn the tide

Australia’s progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals is stagnating, with growing inequalities and environmental challenges. Bold policy action and integrated approaches are essential to secure a sustainable future by 2050.

Environment

AI in marketing: Balancing innovation, ethics, trust, and regulatory requirements

Filmmaker Blair Vermette’s unofficial Adidas advertisement has sparked debate about AI’s role in the future of marketing.

Business

Learning and unlearning: Harnessing social dynamics for community disaster recovery

Disaster resilience research highlights the importance of social dynamics, equity, and the “butterfly effect” in fostering community recovery and resilience after wildfires.

Politics and society

Harnessing the power of drones for cleaner cities

A new drone waste alert management system that uses AI to detect and manage waste has the potential to improve urban cleanliness and environmental health on a global scale.

Engineering

The sales culture harming Australian sustainability

Sales events such as Black Friday and Boxing Day show that businesses are still capitalising on linear models of take-make-waste, and pushing a sales culture that is harming sustainability efforts.

Sustainability

Fiji, feminism, and fighting gender-based violence

In Fiji, a surge in international aid has both supported and complicated local feminist efforts to address gender-based violence.

Politics and society

Addressing Australia's housing crisis: What needs to happen

Owning a house has never been more difficult. What used to be a rite of passage is now a luxury few can afford. But the solution doesn’t simply rely on how we deal with inflation.

A Different Lens

Still waiting: Environmental justice and climate funding at COP29

Since COP1 in 1995, lesser-developed countries have sought climate justice. COP29 in Azerbaijan promised $1.3 trillion by 2035, but only $300 billion as grants, sparking criticism and claims of betrayal.

Environment

COP29: IPCC kicks off Seventh Assessment Report with global expert collaboration

Ten Australian experts will attend a scoping meeting to prepare a draft outline of the contributions expected from three working groups to the Seventh Assessment Report, how they’ll be prepared, and a proposed timeline.

Business and economy

Episode 97: Can Good Stories Help Save the Planet?

See how storytelling, not statistics, can inspire climate action by highlighting resilience and innovation across the Indo-Pacific on a new episode of “What Happens Next?”

Podcast: What Happens Next?

COP29: Southeast Asia needs serious money to get to net zero

To achieve net zero emissions in Southeast Asia, addressing the significant financing gap is crucial, requiring bold targets and more international support.

Sustainability

Episode 96: Will Climate Change Wipe Out the Indo-Pacific?

Discover the urgent climate challenges facing the Indo-Pacific and the power of storytelling to drive meaningful climate action in this new “What Happens Next?” episode.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

COP29: Accelerating a just energy transition for a sustainable future

Enough time has been lost arguing “jobs versus climate” – the transition to renewable energy is now rightly understood as an economic opportunity, rather than a detrimental trade-off.

Sustainability

COP29: The untapped power of India’s self-help groups

Composed primarily of rural women, they’ve been a driving force behind social and economic empowerment, but could they transform from intuitive problem-solvers into organised, scalable forces for climate resilience?

Sustainability

Putting women front and centre in climate change reparations

Women from climate-vulnerable countries face devastating impacts and are disproportionately affected by disasters, which is why they must be included in the UN’s Loss and Damage Fund.

COP – The global forum for climate change

Ready for climate action – but how?

Undergraduate science students are anxious about climate change, but are concerned their education isn’t giving them the tools to take meaningful action.

Science

Deadly buzz: Global warming, population growth drive mosquito-borne disease surge

Climate change and the growing population in tropical and subtropical regions are accelerating the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, posing urgent public health challenges worldwide.

Medicine and health

COP29: Defining indicators for climate adaptation progress

At COP29, focus shifts to climate adaptation, balancing mitigation efforts with local resilience strategies.

COP – The global forum for climate change

The human health impact of climate change

The world has talked at great lengths about how climate change is an environmental crisis. But what about the human health effects that come from it?

Sustainability

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Bioengineering progress demands global collaboration

Fixing Australia’s housing crisis

Silent on climate: As risks surge, election 2025 dodges the issue

From waste to wealth: The business case for circular economy in Australia

E-micromobility is booming, but so are injuries

Mixed progress on SDGs: How Australia can turn the tide

AI in marketing: Balancing innovation, ethics, trust, and regulatory requirements

Learning and unlearning: Harnessing social dynamics for community disaster recovery

Harnessing the power of drones for cleaner cities

The sales culture harming Australian sustainability

Fiji, feminism, and fighting gender-based violence

Addressing Australia's housing crisis: What needs to happen

Still waiting: Environmental justice and climate funding at COP29

COP29: IPCC kicks off Seventh Assessment Report with global expert collaboration

Episode 97: Can Good Stories Help Save the Planet?

COP29: Southeast Asia needs serious money to get to net zero

Episode 96: Will Climate Change Wipe Out the Indo-Pacific?

COP29: Accelerating a just energy transition for a sustainable future

COP29: The untapped power of India’s self-help groups

Putting women front and centre in climate change reparations

Ready for climate action – but how?

Deadly buzz: Global warming, population growth drive mosquito-borne disease surge

COP29: Defining indicators for climate adaptation progress

The human health impact of climate change