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
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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 […]
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11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

New partner strengthens climate action Alliance

10th high-profile partner joins goal to create a climate ready Australia.
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15 Life on Land

Changing landscapes alter disease-scapes: study

Researchers identify how vector-borne diseases in different environments respond to human pressures. 
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Emerging Indigenous women scientists recognised with Academy award

PhD candidate and Bidjara woman Michelle Hobbs recognised with science award.
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