A just transition to a green economy with broad growth in employment will require deliberate efforts.
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Government procurement has social, economic and environmental impacts. AI could help produce more sustainable outcomes, but only with strong rules and oversight.
The South African Reserve Bank’s mandate is price and financial stability. It has the tools to identify, analyse and manage these risks, including those linked to climate change.
Some processes that support fusion energy fuel climate change and may harm the environment.
Business and management graduates can become the kind of sustainability champions the world needs today.
We know fast fashion is bad for the environment. Ultra-fast fashion makes matters worse. This disturbing trend towards disposable clothing is the opposite of sustainable. Here’s what must be done.
This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong.
Our research shows the world is not on track to achieve any of the Sustainable Development Goals. But with decisive action, we can still achieve a fairer, more sustainable and prosperous future.
As protected and conserved areas increase, an equity-based approach that respects Indigenous rights can help bring the transformative changes we need to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
Despite environmental education topics in curricula, not all children are aware of the elements that endanger the planet or actively involved in taking care of the environment.
The international tourism crisis offers New Zealand the opportunity to reimagine domestic tourism - if operators and consumers can adapt.
A filmmaker, her students and community partners create a multi-platform documentary and study guide to teach swamp literacy and care through a trip into the Everglades.
Glass has always been a notoriously energy inefficient building material – but an obsession with aesthetics led architects to ignore its shortcomings.
Two business professors spent five years studying Walmart’s ambition project to bring sustainability to its millions of budget-conscious customers – a plan that began with the birth of a granddaughter.
After cascading ecological catastrophes in the 90s, China spent 20 years seriously investing in sustainability. Now that effort is paying off.
A new report reveals Australia is lagging behind most wealthy nations in working towards the globally agreed goals. It’s performing particularly badly on climate and environmental indicators.
Representatives of nations around the world have come together to discuss how to achieve the New Urban Agenda. Collective political will is needed, but the Australian government didn’t show up.
African countries, like Nigeria and Ethiopia, increased their food production using a system-wide approach, and not the traditional reliance on isolated projects.
Nigeria is rich in water resources. but poor management has led to water scarcity in the country.
Every day brings new calls for sustainability, as humanity’s actual behaviour moves ever further away from it. What can we learn from an obscure Austrian philosopher?
Top contributors
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Visiting professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra
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Sustainable Development Solutions Network Manager, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Deakin Distinguished Professor of Global Change, Environment, and Society, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Professor and Chair of History of Art, Vanderbilt University
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Professor, School of International Relations, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
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John Thwaites is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Professor of Architecture, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor and Director of the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
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Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
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Research Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management & Coordinator of Academic Sustainability, University of Arkansas