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Path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared: report.

Cities and businesses have the power to play a crucial role and become the “stewards” of critical Earth systems by demonstrating how they can reduce their environmental impact on the planet.

 
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A nose for ecology

How an ecologist's dog transformed her PhD project.

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Monday, 20 Jun 2022
  • News

The Black Summer bushfires devastated greater glider habitat across south-eastern Australia but researchers hope a new nesting box will help aid their recovery.

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Wednesday, 15 Jun 2022
  • News

Working with regional communities could help avoid conflicts and make current woes ‘the last energy crisis Australia ever has to face’

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Wednesday, 15 Jun 2022
  • Research story

In the first major study of its kind, we travelled to where renewable energy is expanding in NSW to ask communities how they feel about the changes. While their outlook was generally positive, governments can do more to ensure community support for the transition.

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A group of Wiradjuri cultural authorities sit and stand together outside on their lands.
Sunday, 29 May 2022
  • Decoloyarns

This article by Tracey Potts provides an example of genuine effective partnership involving Local Land Services that supported Wiradjuri priorities and embraced Wiradjuri protocols.

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Monday, 16 May 2022
  • News

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding mid-career academic to contribute to the School’s research, education and impact in the field of environment policy. The Senior Lecturer will contribute to curriculum renewal and lead courses relevant to environment policy.

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Wednesday, 04 May 2022
  • Research story

The Mekong River is the lifeblood of countries in the Mekong region, but the past few years have seen water flows recurringly decline and processes of saltwater intrusion accelerating in the Vietnamese Mekong delta. These transboundary hydrological challenges have detrimental effects on millions of people.

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Director of The Fenner School, Saul Cunningham stands outdoors in a suit with a short cut grey beard. The grass is green, he is holding a folder and speaking from it. Younger people are sitting in chairs - you can see the backs of their heads.
Monday, 02 May 2022
  • Decoloyarns

Fenner School PhD Scholars Jenna Ridley and Rachael Gross sat down on Ngunnawal/Ngunawal and Ngambri country with the key leader here at The Fenner School: Director Saul Cunningham, and talked about leading into decolonisation, in a colonial institution, when you’re not Indigenous.

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China plans to use hydrogen to strip emissions from its manufacturing sector. AP
Wednesday, 06 Apr 2022
  • Research story

This week’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns global warming is headed for dangerous levels unless greenhouse gas emissions halve this decade. This cannot be achieved without a huge effort from China, the world’s biggest emitter.

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Dr Ian Fry is wearing glasses, a dark zippered vest and black top underneath, with a dark background. His hair is short and grey and he is smiling.
Monday, 04 Apr 2022
  • News

Dr Ian Fry from The Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University (ANU) has become the world's first special rapporteur for human rights and climate change, in an appointment made by the United Nations overnight.

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