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Gas is now flowing from the vast – and controversial – fossil fuel project.
Making sure big companies do their bit to reduce emissions is essential for Australia to meet its climate targets.
As gas prices soared in recent years, Queensland actually earned more money – for less gas – than the federal government. Here’s why.
Strong institutions ensure that foreign investment supports sustainable growth rather than environmental decay.
Tanzania’s October 29 protests were framed as an electoral dispute. Research links them to a deeper crisis of blocked adulthood among young people.
Murray Watt came to the role of environment minister with a reputation as a fixer. The question now is, what will he trade to get WA miners on side?
Emissions pathways act as a map of the future, showing us how to get from where we are to where we want to be.
Two major critical minerals projects in Queensland and South Australia will receive $400 million in federal government loans to to deliver Australia’s first high-purity alumina processing facility.
Mining’s high-tech transformation has dramatically increased safety – but there is plenty more work to be done.
Extractive mining disrupts the balance of the planet’s ecosystems and is set to rise. Could urban mining or degrowth help curb unsustainable practices?
China’s population decline and intensive ageing will offer opportunities and risks to African countries.
Whether moving away is a good idea depends as much on a young person’s aspirations as it does on their resources. Staying put – or moving back – does not necessarily mean personal failure.
Facing human threats, Mumbai’s Koli community are taking risk reduction into their own hands – other vulnerable coastal settlements should take note.
Nigeria’s public university system has lost about 57 months to industrial action since 1999. This has implications for the future workforce.
Children reported five key things they need from their communities, including better infrastructure and more inclusive spaces.
Current trends suggest that powerful nations are defining the rules of resource use in space and satellite access in ways that will make it hard for developing nations to ever catch up.
After Fidel Castro took power, government plans to build new housing, schools and factories were hindered by sanctions and supply chain issues, forcing architects to come up with creative solutions.
Using geology and AI, a virtual model of how the Earth’s tectonic plates have evolved can help reveal deposits of copper.
Complex questions over environmental protection and resource extraction require the signatories to give the future of the treaty much more serious attention.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Regional Economic Development, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Director, UWA Public Policy Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Business School, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Design, University of Cape Town
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Reader in Energy Systems and Innovation, University of Birmingham
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EM Fellow, Université de Montpellier
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ST/NRF South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Social-Ecological Systems and Resilience, Stellenbosch University