11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sedimentation sifted out of pollution priorities
Sediment runoff from land use change is missing from global priorities, despite being one of the greatest threats facing freshwater and marine ecosystems
15 Life on Land
Improving water access in remote and isolated communities
Griffith University contributed to a global review highlighting the effects of racism, social exclusion and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries and published in The Lancet Global Health. Griffith Cities Research Institute and Coauthor Associate Professor Cara Beal said despite Australia being one of the richest per capita countries in […]
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
New partner strengthens climate action Alliance
10th high-profile partner joins goal to create a climate ready Australia.
15 Life on Land
Changing landscapes alter disease-scapes: study
Researchers identify how vector-borne diseases in different environments respond to human pressures.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Simultaneous climate extremes a risk to global societies and systems: study
Research finds increasing global concurrent climate extremes pose large risks to society and ecosystems.
13 Climate Action
How will abandoned farmlands respond to sea level rise?
A Griffith University study found that wetland vegetation will naturally re-establish on abandoned agricultural land threatened by sea level rise
10 Reduced Inequalities
Earth’s poorest pay highest price for human-wildlife conflict
Research finds individuals farming with cattle in developing countries up to 8 times more vulnerable than those in developed economies.
10 Reduced Inequalities
Survival of the hottest: Lessons from sweltering Birdsville
How will we cope as the summers get longer and hotter? Who will suffer the most? How will we find solutions? Following the launch of the Climate Justice Observatory, Professor Susan Harris Rimmer travelled to Birdsville to listen and learn about how the community experiences heat and adapts to heat in rural areas.
12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Research highlights environmental stressors of farmed chicken and salmon
Research finds food fed to farmed chicken and salmon accounts for 78% and over 67% of their environmental impacts.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Emerging Indigenous women scientists recognised with Academy award
PhD candidate and Bidjara woman Michelle Hobbs recognised with science award.