Canada has fallen behind in global SDG progress rankings. To reverse this, Canada needs better mechanisms to hold companies accountable and ensure the SDGs are actually being adhered to.
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Nuclear fusion can’t produce net energy, so is it really a solution to AI’s growing energy demands?
Just as calls for health-care reform often focus on improving services, Canadians have the right to expect better outcomes from agricultural policies.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and resource depletion are not isolated problems — they are part of an interconnected web of crises that demand urgent and comprehensive action.
Sufficiency is a new approach to solving humanity’s consumption problems. It’s about using less, ensuring wellbeing for all humans, and staying within planetary boundaries.
By failing to manage sustainability issues such as those affecting social capital, environmental capital, and leadership and governance, companies may face direct financial impacts.
With 100 hours aboard Amtrak trains, students learn about sustainable travel and destination tourism, using cities along the routes as living laboratories.
The mining industry could learn a lot from the slow fashion and food movements. New research from the Yukon shows how slow mining can be a viable path forward.
Architects around the world are developing designs that not only respond to their local climates and cultural contexts but also push the boundaries of sustainable design.
Our research, spanning 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, found that for companies, better carbon management was linked to significantly lower financial risk.
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It’s time to get that knowledge back.
Sustainability extends far beyond the environment. But one of its most important pillars – social – has been left out of proposed guidelines for responsible business collaborations.
Previous research had found that consumers think these types of eco-friendly policies are inconvenient.
The Paris 2024 Olympics Games are the first Olympics organisation committee to have appointed a Circular Economy Officer.
The IOC asked every sport to prepare a sustainability strategy, and some are much better than others.
Europeans who experienced more relaxed Covid-19 policies tended to travel less and adopt more sustainable habits, while those suffering from strict lockdowns were keen to get away.
Eating sustainably is more feasible than most realize. These four tips can help reduce the footprint of your kitchen while also helping you live a more healthy life.
There’s more than one way to be resilient.
The fight against Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive aquatic plant in North American lakes, can be long and expensive, so must be carefully planned.
The Paris games are shaping up as the greenest games yet. But some critics say even more needs to be done.
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Tourism, Griffith University
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research & Innovation, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Performance, The University of Melbourne
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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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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor of Quantitative Analytics, ESCP Business School
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Associate Professor, Global Management Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Construction and Environmental Assessment, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Universität Wien
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