Policy Forum is celebrating Sustainable September! During this time, we’ll be digging deeper into whether the region’s policies are viable, if they can be upcycled, and what it’ll take to create a greener future.
With this In Focus section, Policy Forum is keen to dive into different aspects of sustainability: the sustainability of resources, of institutions, and of societies. By bringing together a range of expertise, we are committed to growing policy solutions, and taking policy-making problems by their root.
We invite you to join the conversation, and hope to plant some seeds of sustainability this September.
Environment & energy | Australia
This fire season, Australia must fight to protect its most valuable assets – working with traditional custodians in the lead-up needs to take a higher priority, Leslie Schultz, Jessica Weir, and Helen Langley write.
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Economics and finance | Australia
City policy initiatives to meet the Sustainable Development Goals are not without challenges, but their advantages form a crucial piece of crafting a circular economy of the future, Kris Hartley writes.
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Environment & energy | Australia
City-level action is making a positive difference in the face of climate change, but to meet global targets current initiatives must be scaled urgently. Understanding how to scale best is a pressing challenge, Jeroen van der Heijden writes.
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Be it electric vehicles or wind turbines, producing renewable energy demands resources – those resources must be acquired sustainably, Datu Buyung Agusdinata writes.
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With its over-reliance on fossil fuels, the world is in need of a strong leader in energy technology to steer it away from a climate crisis, Peter Drahos writes.
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Environment & energy | Australia
Transport by car is painfully unsustainable, but society clings to it. Only by investing in other options, not simply giving voters what they want, can governments build better cities, Craig Richards writes.
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As Papua New Guinea experiences sustained population growth, its high dependence on village agriculture will struggle to feed multiplying mouths, Bryant Allen writes.
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This month, Policy Forum is delving deeper into what ‘sustainability’ actually means through a special Sustainable September: In Focus section. Patrick Cooney starts us off by explaining how we could go about thinking of the relevant issues.
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