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The latest thought leadership and expert commentary from our members and announcements and stories from the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions.
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The contest between truth and post-truth is crucial in solving public policy issues like Australia's water management. Post-truths hinder policy development, impacting water reforms. Here are five post-truth claims to watch out for explained by Professor Quentin Grafton.
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Leading Pacific Islands researcher Salā Dr George Carter has been appointed to the Scientific Council of the COP29 Presidency, joining a distinguished global team of scientists that will guide climate policy discussions at this year’s United Nations Climate talks in Azerbaijan.
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“Making climate-related losses an individual responsibility misses the wider inequity – how is it that the challenge of managing climate risks has been allocated to communities who have contributed so little to global heating, and yet pay the ultimate price?” Schuster asks.
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Brown’s new role is vital to the ANU and its distinct national purpose. As Provost she oversees the University’s academic mission, including advancing research and teaching.
As Australia faces more frequent and intense natural disasters due to climate change, a critical question emerges: who covers the growing costs of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from these events – and how?
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Australia’s clean energy transition is well underway but there are strong headwinds on our decarbonisation journey. This will be one of the key messages from Professor Frank Jotzo of The Australian National University (ANU) at the ANU Energy Update event today.
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The highlands of Papua New Guinea are known for some of the best coffee in the Indo-Pacific region. Coffee that makes its way to international export markets and into many of our morning rituals. But increasingly the region’s coffee farmers are experiencing a hotter climate which is impacting quality.
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An international team, including ANU scientists, asserts Earth can support a basic living standard for all in the future only if we drastically overhaul our economic systems, technologies, and equitably manage and share essential resources.
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Australia's Climate Change Authority report urges a shift to a zero-carbon mindset as the new normal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. It highlights the importance of deploying mature technologies and developing new ones, calling on governments, businesses, and the public to embrace decarbonization.