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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?

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

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

How do ecosystems collapse? Our study shows evolution plays a role – and can delay a disaster

It’s not easy to tell when a dynamic system, filled with life, might reach a point of no return.

Science

Southeast Asia’s energy security challenge

How can its energy systems transition to become climate-smart, to withstand extreme weather, while also protecting social and economic priorities?

Sustainability

Australia has just been handed a map for getting to net zero

Emissions pathways act as a map of the future, showing us how to get from where we are to where we want to be.

Environment

Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat

Low awareness of the link between heat and eco-anxiety in Indonesia requires a more comprehensive strategy in the campaign.

Science

Striking a balance between social purpose and corporate profit

Businesses are facing increasing pressure to address major global challenges such as climate change, poverty, and healthcare access. But can companies really make a difference while still turning a profit?

Business

The path to energy-efficient homes

Ambitious home energy upgrade programs aimed at improving energy efficiency face several key questions and challenges if they’re to succeed.

Politics and society

Why Australia needs to legislate a Human Rights Act

A parliamentary committee has recommended a dedicated act to protect human rights. Here’s how it could work.

Politics and society

Bringing female leaders in from the climate-crisis cold

Historically cut out from climate leadership, calls for more women at the table stands to benefit everyone fighting the climate crisis.

Environment

Water worries: Indonesia and the US have plenty in common

Despite being on other sides of the planet, Jakarta and Iowa are staring down similar issues regarding water hygiene and supply.

Sustainable development

The invisible killer lurking in our cities’ air

As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely-populated cities.

Medicine and health

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

The challenges faced by early career researchers

A new national survey has found career stability and funding are two key factors turning young scientists away from research.

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

Game-changer: Putting the heat on climate education

Medical faculties globally have been slow to recognise the training needs of the next generation of doctors regarding the health consequences of a heating planet.

Medicine and health

Monash youth delegates reflect on the UN climate change forum

Three Monash University youth ambassadors played important roles at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP), the world’s most significant global forum for climate action.

Sustainability

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Episode 97: Can Good Stories Help Save the Planet?

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

The human health impact of climate change

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

How do ecosystems collapse? Our study shows evolution plays a role – and can delay a disaster

Southeast Asia’s energy security challenge

Australia has just been handed a map for getting to net zero

Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat

Striking a balance between social purpose and corporate profit

The path to energy-efficient homes

Why Australia needs to legislate a Human Rights Act

Bringing female leaders in from the climate-crisis cold

Water worries: Indonesia and the US have plenty in common

The invisible killer lurking in our cities’ air

Listening to Indigenous peoples’ knowledge

The challenges faced by early career researchers

Women bear the brunt of Asia’s climate failures

Game-changer: Putting the heat on climate education

Monash youth delegates reflect on the UN climate change forum