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?
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.
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?
Facing a triple-planetary crisis, our ecological systems need a shift to circular economies. Youth can drive sustainable food systems through mindful choices.
Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword that can help enhance transparency, but also perpetuate false claims about sustainability efforts.
Second-generation biofuels made from agricultural residues, wood and plant waste support the shift to sustainable energy, but processing them still has its challenges.
How can its energy systems transition to become climate-smart, to withstand extreme weather, while also protecting social and economic priorities?
Australia has just listed Indigenous knowledge among its science priorities – after First Nations knowledge has long gone uncredited in Western “discoveries”, such as life-changing drugs.
Ambitious home energy upgrade programs aimed at improving energy efficiency face several key questions and challenges if they’re to succeed.
Despite being on other sides of the planet, Jakarta and Iowa are staring down similar issues regarding water hygiene and supply.
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.
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.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, discover how we can ensure our transition to a decarbonised future is just.
Green H2 fuel plays a vital role in arresting climate change, but it requires new engineering design and improvements – from production, storage, transportation and use – if we’re to meet carbon emission targets.
How can we, personally, prepare for a future with not only more frequent natural disasters, but one that will also profoundly change the environment, communities and the economy?
To ensure hydrogen meets the goals of sustainable production, life cycle assessment and net energy analyses should be integrated with project planning to inform decision-making.
Urban local governments take planetary health into their own hands by encouraging local and sustainable eating.
The suggestion that there’s a single silver bullet to fix what is an incredibly complex issue is far too simplistic.
The Citarum River in Indonesia is the focus of a revitalisation project, and a Monash University cross-faculty team has been called on to help make it happen.
The discarding of barely-worn clothes is wasting our natural resources and contributing to our greenhouse emissions.
The idea of a plastic that literally disappears once in the ocean, littered on land or in landfill is tantalising – but also is at this stage a pipe dream.
Australia's COVID-19 response was bettered only by South Korea and Latvia, according to a new United Nations report. Just don't ask how it's doing on climate and sustainability.
Let's take what we’ve learned from our COVID-19 experience to radically rethink the relationship between our environment and human health.
Many more households face financial hardship and discomfort at home this winter, as we physically self-isolate from work, family and friends due to COVID-19.
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