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A $50 million dollar research grant has been awarded to the University of New South Wales and the University of Newcastle to develop "world-leading" technologies to address climate change. The recycling and clean energy trailblazer program will see researchers collaborate ...
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A group comprising 22 of the country’s leading scientists and thinkers has released a statement urging the Australian government to tackle some of the biggest threats facing humanity and the globe. Some of the top minds included Professor John Hewson ...
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Professor Brian Schmidt from ANU has told a summit of world leaders the COVID-19 pandemic offers a “once-in-a-generation” chance to reset industry and the economy as we face an even bigger fight – climate change. The ANU VC and president ...
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CampusReview · How scientists are investigating and fighting climate change in South East Asia: Podcast Dr Jarrod Kath from USQ’s Centre for Applied Climate Sciences is investigating a variety of coffee that supplies roughly 20-40 per cent of the world’s ...
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More »UNSW spearheads world university ‘climate alliance’ to arrest climate change
Forty of the world’s leading climate research universities have formed the International Universities Climate Alliance (IUCA) to fight climate change. The IUCA’s united goal is to ensure that governments, the public, media and industry have "better access to research-based facts ...
More »Higher education’s response to Australia’s megafires 2020 – Part 2 – Firefighting in a new age
In part two of our series on issues arising from Australia's megafires this summer, Campus Review talks to firefighter and PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University, Greg Penney. With his unique mix of academia and hands-on knowledge, Penney explains how ...
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