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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: 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

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

Youth leading the charge: Transforming food systems for a sustainable future

Facing a triple-planetary crisis, our ecological systems need a shift to circular economies. Youth can drive sustainable food systems through mindful choices.

Business and economy

The paradigm shift needed to address growing global fragility

Complex and interconnected threats to global peace and security demands innovative and interconnected thinking by experts working across academic disciplines and industry sectors.

Politics and society

Australian youth pessimistic about their future

Housing affordability, employment and climate change are weighing heavily on young people, according to the 2024 Australian Youth Barometer.

Education

Listening to Indigenous peoples’ knowledge

It’s time to ditch colonial thinking and listen to the wisdom of Indigenous peoples to advance health and wellbeing, and to forge a sustainable planetary future.

Medicine and health

Women bear the brunt of Asia’s climate failures

What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia’s agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?

Politics and society

Young voters care about climate change. Politicians don’t

As Indonesia’s election looms, young people want action on climate change, but research shows the country’s political class isn’t listening.

Politics and society

What are young Australians most worried about? Finding affordable housing

It was thought that after the pandemic, young people’s outlook for the future might have improved. But the latest Australian Youth Barometer survey shows it’s actually become worse.

Education

COP28: Why going beyond net zero is necessary to protect public health

As we wait for global leaders to convene and chart the future course for the world’s population of eight billion, we can take proactive steps to protect health from climate change through multifaceted and sustained efforts that transcend the confines of net zero.

Medicine and health

Absent Putin and the Ukraine war cast a long shadow over G20

The leaders of Russia and China are skipping the G20 summit, but their absences – and rifts over the Ukraine war – will have a big influence on the proceedings.

Politics and society

Why Are We So Anxious About Earth?

Struggling with climate anxiety? You’re not alone. Experts unpack this unprecedented and growing mental health crisis.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

What makes a good parent? Is acting on climate change as important as love and bedtime stories?

The world’s collective failure to adequately address climate change alters “the rules of the parenting game”.

Environment

Episode 78: Can We Take a Bite Out of Food Insecurity?

This week on Monash University's “What Happens Next?” podcast, meet the change-makers on the front lines of food.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Episode 77: Is Food Insecurity Getting Worse?

Season 7 of Monash University’s podcast returns from hiatus with an investigation into food security. How will we feed more people than ever on an ever-warming planet?

Podcast: What Happens Next?

COP27: Rich nations fail to cough up for climate change

The pledge of the rich nations just before COP26 to provide $100 billion per year for the developing world to combat climate change is yet to be realised at COP27.

Environment

‘We get the raw deal out of almost everything’: A quarter of young Australians are pessimistic about having kids

Many young people are bleak about what the future holds – and this is having an impact on their plans to have children.

Education

On the front line of gender equality

Sharman Stone has worked to advance the rights of women for more than 20 years, in Parliament and as Ambassador for Women and Girls, but her work isn't finished yet.

Celebrating women

Microalgae, and future food for thought

There's much more to that 'pond scum' than meets the eye – and we may end up eating it.

Science

Protecting our protected areas

Conservation sites are being compromised by commercial and population growth, putting pressure on ecosystems and threatened species.

Science

Unlocking the voices of women on the front line of climate change

They’re on the front line of climate change, but many women in at-risk regions continue to be ignored in global mitigation discussions.

Sustainability

SMART: Pacific Islands to lead the way in climate action

ClimateWorks Australia has developed a tool to help Pacific Island countries design pathways for the future through sustainable, climate-resilient, net-zero-emissions development.

Environment

Dialling up a world of information

A collaboration with Oxfam is radically improving the lives of women in rural communities in Bangladesh through mobile phone technology.

Technology and engineering

Search result for: Climate change and food security

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Episode 97: Can Good Stories Help Save the Planet?

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

The human health impact of climate change

Youth leading the charge: Transforming food systems for a sustainable future

The paradigm shift needed to address growing global fragility

Australian youth pessimistic about their future

Listening to Indigenous peoples’ knowledge

Women bear the brunt of Asia’s climate failures

Young voters care about climate change. Politicians don’t

What are young Australians most worried about? Finding affordable housing

COP28: Why going beyond net zero is necessary to protect public health

Absent Putin and the Ukraine war cast a long shadow over G20

Why Are We So Anxious About Earth?

What makes a good parent? Is acting on climate change as important as love and bedtime stories?

Episode 78: Can We Take a Bite Out of Food Insecurity?

Episode 77: Is Food Insecurity Getting Worse?

COP27: Rich nations fail to cough up for climate change

‘We get the raw deal out of almost everything’: A quarter of young Australians are pessimistic about having kids

On the front line of gender equality

Microalgae, and future food for thought

Protecting our protected areas

Unlocking the voices of women on the front line of climate change

SMART: Pacific Islands to lead the way in climate action

Dialling up a world of information