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More efficient water use is one of the most cost-effective steps we can take to cut emissions.
Will the return of buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin trigger more water fights? Let’s hope not. Buybacks are the most efficient way to recover water for the environment and deliver the Basin Plan.
Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient.
The Trump administration is rolling back a regulation that requires showerheads to conserve water, which saved owners an average of US$70 and nearly 3,000 gallons of water yearly per showerhead.
Buildings are central to creating more sustainable cities, and green ratings are often used to assess how well a building measures up against this goal. But the current system has serious flaws.
The globe is greening as plants grow faster in response to rising carbon dioxide. But a new analysis shows they aren’t using more water to do it - a rare piece of good news for our changing planet.
Emerging research challenges the idea that sustainable housing is unaffordable. It shows sustainability and good design can be affordable when analyses include social, health and wellbeing benefits.
California’s drought is dragging on into its fifth year. What can the state learn from Australia’s 15-year millennium drought?
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Postdoctoral research fellow, CSIRO
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Chief research scientist, CSIRO
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Lecturer In Construction, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Construction Technology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research & Innovation, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor, Centre for Urban Research, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University