Centre for Environment and Population Health
Terri Butler brought in to bat for Griffith’s Climate Ready Initiative
Former Federal MP, Terri Butler has joined Griffith’s Climate Ready Initiative (CRI) board, putting her sharp political faculties toward climate readiness and resilience.
Biodiversity
World-first innovation accelerates process to safeguard environment and wildlife
World-first data analysis platform, EcoCommons has been launched, transforming our ability to understand the impacts of the climate crisis on Australia’s environment and native species.
Arts Education Law
Action and accountability key for Griffith COP27 delegates
Griffith researchers in tourism, climate adaptation and climate science to present key reports and take part in global discussions.
Cities Research Institute
Sat tags on track to explore climate impacts on whale migrations
Hopes tracking whale movements towards Antarctic will yield insights into adaptation to climate change.
Disaster management
New IPCC report shows Australia is at real risk from climate change
Impacts are worsening, future risks are high, and wide-ranging adaptation is needed.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Why COP26 fell so far short of expectations
Griffith University academics unpacked what was achieved at the Glasgow climate change summit and whether COP26 was failure.
Griffith Beacons
The ‘Difficult Conversations’ we need to have
Griffith University is hosting a series of cutting-edge discussions around the Difficult Conversations we need to have about climate justice during COP26.
Biodiversity
New Griffith-backed alliance to deliver sustainable climate-ready national economy
An alliance of business leaders, industry and community groups has committed to a five-year collaboration to plan and deliver a sustainable economic transformation for the nation.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
EcoCommons – mapping the future in environmentally challenging times
Griffith University is driving the construction of EcoCommons, a world-first collaborative platform for analysing and modelling ecological and environmental challenges.
Giving
Fuel reduction burning effective for small targeted areas, but…
Prescribed burning can reduce house loss during bushfires so long as it is targeted close to houses.
Griffith Beacons
Post-fire logging removes tree hollows vital for wildlife recovery
An expert review on logging after bushfires found it removes tree hollows which are vital in the recovery of more than 225 native species.
Griffith Beacons
Logging and thinning of forests can increase fire risk
Logging can make native forests more flammable and lead to greater fire severity for decades.
Coastal and Marine Research Centre
How will COVID-19 and climate change affect the whale-watching industry?
Griffith University research predicts it will take years for the whale-watching industry to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Griffith Beacons
The tricks Australian forests use to survive bushfires
A review by The Bushfire Recovery Project has confirmed how it is that Australian eucalypt forests survive and regenerate after devastating wildfires like the 2019-20 Black Summer fires.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
G20 stimulus potential triple win for climate, biodiversity and pandemic prevention
A new report is calling on the G20 to fund ‘Nature-based Solutions’ that address three of the main risks to humankind: biodiversity loss, climate change and global pandemics.
Australian Rivers Institute
Griffith data projects receive welcome boost
Griffith University’s unique FishID software project has been given a boost with the announcement of $211,000 in funding from the Australian Research Data Commons.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
High-profile board to drive new approach for climate action
Growing concern about climate change has led to the appointment of an Australian-first board to help develop new strategies, partnerships and investment for climate action.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Research dives deep to understand climate impacts on whales
A world-first research project aims to understand how ocean changes influence the recovery of whale populations in the southern hemisphere.