Arts Education Law
Huge savings for those looking to upskill or get job-ready
Job-ready certificate courses in high-demand fields like Data Analytics and Cyber Security, Public Health, Infection Prevention and Control are being offered at discounts of up to 80% in Trimester 1, 2022.
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.
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 Catalysis and Clean Energy
Griffith boosts its sustainability credentials with solar energy deal
The University has entered into an agreement with CS Energy which will ensure 50 percent of its electricity needs are provided by renewable power sources from next year.
Alumni
Climate adaptation scientist wins Young Tall Poppy Award
Griffith University climate change adaptation scientist Dr Johanna Nalau has been recognised at the prestigious 2020 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
Griffith Beacons
Griffith University to tackle climate change in new program
Griffith University has launched a new initiative to tackle one of the world’s most pressing problems.
Architecture, construction and planning
Albatross project among those to fly high at climate change adaptation awards
The woman behind an albatross conservation project was just one of the winners at this year’s National Climate Change Adaptation Conference held at the Crown Promenade in Melbourne.
Griffith Sciences
Registrations open for historic sustainability leadership program
Griffith University has announced the opening of registrations, along with the first cohort of prominent program faculty members for next year’s Executive Education in Sustainability Leadership Program (EESLP). The EESLP is an internationally renowned sustainability program to be hosted by the Griffith University EcoCentre from the 6th to the 9th of March 2018, currently delivered […]
Coastal and Marine Research Centre
Building knowledge to adapt to climate change – celebrating NCCARF’s success
Knowledge of how to adapt to climate change in Australia is celebrated this week as NCCARF comes to the end of its second phase of operation and officially launches CoastAdapt, a resource to support coastal managers as they seek to respond to climate risks. NCCARF is the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, which has […]
Griffith Sciences
Climate change tool to help coastal communities prepare
More than 200 coastal councils across Australia will be able to better protect themselves against erosion and flooding threats with a new tool that provides them with almost everything they need to prepare for climate change impacts.
Centre for Environment and Population Health
Horses, trains and climate change?
A Torres Strait islander, a horse organisation, a metropolitan train operator and a cross-Tasman environmental association have been honoured for their achievements in climate change adaptation at an awards ceremony this week. The Climate Adaptation Champions for 2015-16 were announced as part of the NCCARF CSIRO Climate Adaptation Conference 2016, held in Adelaide. The Director of […]
Australian Rivers Institute
Research leads to Great Barrier Reef rescue purchase
A leading Griffith research team has provided the science behind a bold government decision to buy up grazing land in an effort to protect the Great Barrier Reef from sediment run-off.
Architecture
ARC Linkage Projects strengthen Griffith’s research profile
Griffith University has been awarded six Australian Research Council Linkage Project grants worth more than $1.3 million for a variety of research studies.
Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP)
Griffith role in Vanuatu cyclone restoration project
The Griffith Climate Change Response Program is contributing to a project bringing new resilience and essential services to Vanuatu's cyclone-ravaged Tanna Island