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Climate impacts at work: supporting a climate ready workforce

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This report describes how climate change is already affecting workers.

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Informal settlements and the threat of climate change

17 March 2022

To ensure that shelters in informal settlements across the Pacific Island region are disaster resilient, policymakers and relief agencies must work closely with local communities to implement sustainable solutions, Darryn McEvoy, Mittul Vahanvati, Deb Kuh, and Usha Iyer-Raniga write.

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Hearts, cells and mud: how biology helps humans re-imagine our cities in vexed times

27 January 2022

Marco Amati Biological metaphors for the city abound in daily use. You may live close to an “arterial” road or in the “heart” of a metropolis. You may work in one of the city’s “nerve centres” or exercise in a park described as the city’s “lungs”. The ready use of such metaphors indicates an underlying […]

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The contested politics of drought, water security and climate adaptation in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin

Jason Alexandra,

Water Alternatives

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What happened to the outside? Exploring ‘nature’ in household retrofit

2021 (ongoing)

This project explores the intersections between household low carbon retrofit, energy vulnerability and local environments to place ‘natures’ more firmly into discussions and governance of retrofit for energy vulnerable households.

Regenerative Environments and Climate Action
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Completing the climate change adaptation planning cycle: monitoring and evaluation by local government in Australia

Helen Scott, Susie Moloney

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Regenerative Environments and Climate Action
Current Projects

Understanding and planning for the health and wellbeing impacts of climate change in the City of Greater Dandenong and the Mornington Peninsula Shire

2021 (ongoing)

This project brings together researchers and practitioners planning for equitable health and wellbeing outcomes for all in the context of a changing climate.

Planning and Transport for Healthy Cities Regenerative Environments and Climate Action
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Transforming Local Climate Adaptation Organization: Barriers and Progress in 13 Swedish Municipalities

Ann-Catrin Kristianssen , Mikael Granberg

Climate

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The Climate Just City

Mikael Granberg, Leigh Glover

Sustainability

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How can we better prepare suburban Melbourne for climate change?

24 September 2020

Climate change presents critical challenges for future development, sustainability and resilience across Melbourne. Here, our experts offer insights on how we can better prepare our outer suburbs.

Planning and Transport for Healthy Cities Regenerative Environments and Climate Action

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