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Highlights from Day 5 at SRI2022
Predicting the future is hard. Scientists and foresight experts work with data and stakeholders to build scenarios, historians lean on their knowledge of the past to peek into the present and beyond, investors read weak signals – yet more often than not, we are surprised by life.
SRI2023 to be held in Panama
For Immediate Release Panama will host SRI2023, the largest global meeting for research and innovation in sustainability Panama, 24 June 2022 - Panama has been selected to host the third edition of the Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress, the world's...
Research Impact: Media and Policy Roundtable
A workshop for early career researchers (ECRs) and higher degree by research students (HDRs). Join us for this interactive two-part workshop for ECRs and HDRs at the Sustainability, Research & Innovation (SRI) Oceania Congress 2022. Part I will feature a...
Highlights from Day 4 at SRI2022
Climate action to address extreme weather in Africa and crafting sustainable cities As extreme weather events continue to have an increasing and intense impact across Africa and the world, governments along with the private sector will have to join hands in planning...
Improving Sustainability Through Behavioural Science
Friday 1 July 2022 - 11:00 - 13:00 AEST Sam Moore - Senior Behavioural Scientist, Evidn Human behaviour is at the core of many challenges that society is currently grappling with. To create meaningful change, we need more than just money and technology, we need...
Zero Carbon Imaginaries: Imagining a transformed Australian Energy System
Friday 1 July 2022 - 11:00 - 13:00 AEST Prof Chris Riedy, Juan Garzon After decades of debate, there is consensus that the world must reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to zero, and perhaps even further. While the pace and details of that reduction remain hotly...
Advanced Technologies for Citizen Science
Friday 1 July 2022 - 09:00 - 10:30 AEST Assoc Professor Grant Hamilton, Dr Katie Woolaston, Judith Mirembe, Dr Kevin Elliott There are many paths towards attaining SDGS, and some of these paths are likely to be well served by involving technology. Methods for...
Beyond Carbon Abatement: Transdisciplinary action to drive co-benefits in land management and agriculture
Friday 1 July 2022 - 09:00 - 10:30 AEST Moderator: Nikki DumbrellSpeakers: Lynne Macdonald, Lily Lim-Camacho, Warwick Ragg, Gillian Mayne As markets are increasingly turning their attention to carbon credits from the land sector, questions are...
Biodiversity metrics: What are they and how can we use them?
Thursday 30 June 2022 - 16:00 - 17:00 AEST Chrissy Elmer - Science and Technology Program Manager, Accounting for NatureTopic: Accounting for Nature - an emerging global framework for biodiversity metricsBiography: Chrissy Elmer is an ecologist with seven years’...
SDG Engagement in Local Governments, Cities, and Universities – Who is doing it? Why are they doing it? How are they doing it?
Thursday 30 June 2022 - 14:00 - 15:30 AESTModerator: Dominique CoyPresenters: Dianty Ningrum, Jarrod Grainger-Brown, Andrea Cuesta Claros As a global sustainability agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require action from all areas of society, from nation...