📢 The program for Transformations '23 is here! Get ready for an inspiring lineup of speakers, engaging panel discussions, interactive workshops & more! Join for this transformative event.
🌍 Discover the global program: https://t.co/jjoBEKGPDD
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I did an interview with the @nytimes on the closure of Liddell power station and the transition out of coal Australia Eyes a Fraught Pivot from Coal Power to Renewables - The New York Times https://t.co/I2jNrUsNj6
🤓 how much more solar can we fit on 🇦🇺 rooftops?
we're currently generating 23TWh/year.
according to this @UNSW/@UTSISF/@APVInstitute study, we could generate 245TWh/year from australia's rooftops.
ie. we can generate 10x as much from rooftop PV.
https://t.co/JlBi0D916E
Compostable food waste bin caddies are the main sustainable use for bioplastics at present.
Almost all bioplastics are ending up in landfill.
@elsadominish, @fbisfuts + colleagues explain why bioplastic won't solve our plastic problems:
@UTSengage
https://t.co/FthLzdTiQ7
Sydney, Australia: world’s most complex UNDERGROUND road intersection at Westconnex Rozelle cost $3.9 billion with 640,000 cubic metres concrete + 32,000 tonnes steel
The same $ would build Greater Sydney cycling network for 5.2 million people
Want to change your life and change the world? The International Development team at ISF has two PhD scholarships available for domestic applicants. The topics are:
Groundwater for climate resilient water, sanitation and hygiene (…https://t.co/2pz7x90UPX https://t.co/vo2NFQrtTr
Is your company interested in using renewable energy?
Then join RE100 and BRC-A at our free lunchtime webinar on Monday as we talk to Aussie companies that are going 100% renewable with their electricity use.
📅 12pm – 1pm Monday Nov 14th
Register at https://t.co/OHiI1XI49M
💥Sharing emerging findings 💥Gender and social inclusion #GESI findings from Pacific #Sendaiframework midterm review, undertaken for @UNDRR_AsiaPac and @dfat funded Australia Pacific Climate Partnership, for @UTSISF
For those attending the International Water Association #IWA World #water Congress next week, get along to this workshop "Water efficiency: the fastest, cheapest, largest source of new water" Wed 14 Sep, 1.30-3pm. The global experi…https://t.co/h2Qhhy2FYt https://t.co/AOIysjvucc
Register now for the Leading Deliberative Democracy course to guarantee a place. How to improve the way decisions are made and the way politics is played, and the perfect antidote for the next 6 weeks.
#democracy#shortcourse https://t.co/iCe6VPPNV8
To make our wardrobes sustainable, we must cut how many new clothes we buy by 75% | Samantha Sharpe, Monique Retamal, Taylor Brydges @UTSResearch https://t.co/kK2pLvPIJU
Circular economy and plastics: Masterclass 24 Mar
The U.N. Environment Assembly, last week, agreed in Nairobi on a resolution “to end plastic pollution", which will lead to international negotiations for a treaty by 2024.
Join th…https://t.co/lExx9BFawm https://t.co/2vJyfaQVWw
COVAX vaccine deliveries to poorer countries increased from 3 million a day in early Oct to 7 million a day now (UNICEF Vaccine Dashboard). Good progress finally, but needs to be a minimum of 12 m a day to reach 2-dose 70% coverage by September 2022 target date. #WHO#EU#USAID
@GladysBParody @PRGuy17 One of the things that saddens me about yesterday’s protest is: In 1967 Melbournians selflessly & peacefully protested the hanging of a man. Yesterday the protesters were promoting it. What have we become?😢
Protesters outside Melbourne’s Pentridge Gaol - 1967.
Really? Nuclear submarines? The world is on fire, reefs are dying, polar caps are melting. We need a multi-trillion dollar transition of our entire economy. So let’s blow it on a 1950s Cold War strategy that gets China offside just when we need global cooperation most.
🚨Calling all passionate, talented and positive thinking climate researchers🚨 Applications are open for a role in our @UTSISF International Development team- come work with me on climate change and resilience research!
Change the world - through dialogue and deliberation!
Last chance to register for the Doing Deliberative Democracy course!
#deliberation#democracy#coursesonline https://t.co/X1hgS8959B