Davila, F, Jones, C, Talakai, M & Jenkinson, K 2024, Feasibility of anticipatory action in the Pacific Islands region, Food & Agriculture Org. [Author] [Author].
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... events (Miles et al., 2020, p. 27). © Palau has several national frameworks in place to support disasters. 20 | Feasibility of anticipatory action in the Pacific Islands region Anticipatory action: Country case studies PALAU.
Brydges, T 2024, 'Case Study of simétrie: Navigating Sustainability and Economic Viability in the Australian Fashion Industry' in The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability in Fashion, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 251-254.
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Davila, F, Burkhart, S & O’Connell, T 2024, 'State of Food and Nutrition Security in the Pacific' in Water Security in a New World, Springer International Publishing, pp. 85-106.
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Dunstan, C 2024, 'The National Energy Guarantee (NEG)' in Innovation Pathways to Sustainability, Routledge, pp. 113-121.
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Gidley, JM 2024, '128. Transhumanism' in Elgar Encyclopedia of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 585-589.
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Ibrahim, U & Prior, J 2024, 'Planetary Health Governance: A Tool of Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Sustainable Development' in Climate Change Management, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 363-381.
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Ibrahim, U & Prior, J 2024, 'Planetary Health Governance: A Tool of Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Sustainable Development' in Filho, WL, Vidal, DG & Dinis, MAP (eds), Planetary Health and Climate Change: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change to the Well-Being of Our Planet, Springer Nature, Switzerland, pp. 363-381.
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Planetary health governance (PHG) comprises the interconnectivity of health, environment, and sustainable development. PHG is one of a range of approaches that are being used to understand and govern the relationship between health and the environment. In this regard, the chapter focuses on literature that specifically discusses the PHG about transdisciplinary collaborations, sustainable development, and how they are being conceptualized. As such, the chapter explores the contribution of disciplines with stakes in environment and health as one. The conduct of literature search was done through PubMed, Web of Science (all databases), Science Direct, ProQuest (environmental), and EMBASE databases. An additional search was performed in Google Scholar to identify literature on environment and health governance as one. The disciplines are global health governance, ecological public health, health geographies, and sustainable development in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To achieve the feat, the chapter was constructed by answering the following questions: what does environmental governance mean? What does health governance mean? What are the interconnections between environment and health governance? What are the potential contributions of global health governance, ecological public health, health geographies, and sustainable development as disciplines that address environmental and health issues through the SDGs viewpoint? Answers to these questions provide insight into how the highlighted disciplines address planetary health challenges and also conceptualize several research questions that emerged from the literature.
Musil, D & Gerrard, E 2024, 'The transition of the Latrobe Valley, Victoria' in Regional Energy Transitions in Australia, Routledge, pp. 46-68.
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O’Rourke, M, Fam, D & Cardenas, E 2024, 'Failure' in Darbellay, F (ed), Elgar Encyclopedia of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, pp. 214-217.
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The book emphasises the importance of intellectual resilience in adapting to a changing academic landscape, encouraging readers to explore transformed science and action.
Amin, N, Foster, T, Shimki, NT & Willetts, J 2024, 'Hospital wastewater (HWW) treatment in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of microbial treatment efficacy', Science of The Total Environment, vol. 921, pp. 170994-170994.
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Baniya, B & Giurco, D 2024, 'Cost-effective and optimal pathways to selecting building microgrid components – The resilient, reliable, and flexible energy system under changing climate conditions', Energy and Buildings, vol. 324, pp. 114896-114896.
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Brownlie, WJ, Alexander, P, Cordell, D, Maslin, M, Metson, GS, Sutton, MA & Spears, BM 2024, 'National phosphorus planning for food and environmental security', Current Opinion in Biotechnology, vol. 90, pp. 103226-103226.
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Carrard, N, Kumar, A, Đinh Văn, Đ, Kohlitz, J, Retamal, M, Taron, A, Neemia, N & Willetts, J 2024, '8Rs for circular water and sanitation systems: Leveraging circular economy thinking for safe, resilient and inclusive services', Environmental Development, vol. 52, pp. 101093-101093.
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Csereklyei, Z, Dwyer, S, Kallies, A & Economou, D 2024, 'The role of community-scale batteries in the energy transition: Case studies from Australia's National Electricity Market', Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 93, pp. 112277-112277.
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Cunningham, I, Kohlitz, J & Willetts, J 2024, 'Designing for climate change: twenty-five design features to improve sanitation technology resilience in low- and middle- income countries', Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, vol. 29, no. 8.
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AbstractClimate change is exacerbating events such as floods and droughts, and trends including sea-level rise, leading to failures in sanitation technologies, increased public health risks and environmental pollution. To reduce these risks, it is crucial to incorporate climate resilience into sanitation technology designs. In this study, we reviewed academic and selected grey literature and identified 25 design features that can contribute to the technology’s resilience to an increasingly volatile and extreme climate. Design features that were conceptually similar were collated into seven categories. These categories included: (i) avoid exposure to hazards, (ii) withstand exposure to hazards, (iii) enable flexibility, (iv) contain failures, (v) limit consequences of complete failure, (vi) facilitate fast recovery and (vii) features that provide resilience benefits beyond technological resilience. In this paper we define the categories and design features, and provide examples of each feature in practice. We also outline how the resilience design features can support sanitation designers and implementers to critique the climate resilience of sanitation technology, and prompt more resilient designs of sanitation technology.
Daly, SW, Foster, T, Willetts, J, Putri, GL, Priadi, C & Harris, AR 2024, 'Exposure Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistant E. coli via Self-Supplied Drinking Water in Indonesia: Evaluating Boiling and Storage Practice Effectiveness', ACS ES&T Water, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 4423-4432.
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Davila, F, Jacobs, B, Nadeem, F, Kelly, R & Kurimoto, N 2024, 'Finding climate smart agriculture in civil-society initiatives', Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, vol. 29, no. 2.
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AbstractInternational civil society and non-government organisations (NGOs) play a role in implementing agricultural projects, which contribute to the mitigation, adaptation, and food security dimensions of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Despite the growth of CSA, it remains unclear how CSA is designed, conceptualised, and embedded into agricultural development projects led and implemented by NGOs, creating a lack of clarity as to the direction of future of agricultural development interventions. This paper examines the extent to which development programmes from the NGO sector actively incorporate CSA principles to benefit smallholder farmers under the major pillars of CSA. Drawing from six projects’ documentation since 2009, we conducted a thematic analysis to reveal the alignment of projects with the pillars of CSA and discuss the extent to which CSA allows for localised adaptability given the diverse agricultural contexts in which civil society and NGOs work. We find that despite a lack of clarity in CSA definition and focus, the agricultural practices in the six projects make heterogenous contributions to the adoption of CSA principles. We illustrate the diversity of ways in which CSA is ‘done’ by a global NGO across six areas: greening and forests, practices and knowledge exchange, markets, policy and institutions, nutrition, carbon and climate, and gender. We discuss the need for balance in contextual adaptability across the three pillars of CSA with explicit consideration of trade-offs to reduce unintended outcomes from CSA initiatives. We conclude with reflections on the role of civil society and NGOs as boundary agents in the agricultural development sector.
Fane, SA, Liu, A & Falletta, J 2024, 'Assessing minimum water efficiency standards for plumbing products in homes and business', Water Supply, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 1164-1175.
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ABSTRACT This paper describes a study that used end-use-based stock modelling to develop water, energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) savings forecasts for policy options. These options were alternative mechanisms for imposing minimum water efficiency standards on the fixtures and appliances within buildings. The study demonstrates how both residential and non-residential sub-sectors can be modelled, using demographic and industry forecasts and other available data sources, using an end-use/stock modelling approach. Specifically, the study modelled the expected water, energy and GHG savings from potential minimum water efficiency standards for plumbing products and appliances in homes and business in Australia. It discusses the relative merits of mechanisms for implementing the proposed minimum standards via: a sustainable building planning measure – such as the Building Sustainability Index (BASIX) in New South Wales; the Australian Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) scheme; or via plumbing regulations within the National Construction Code (NCC). The paper concludes that as well as being a useful mechanism for imposing minimum standards in itself, a star-rating system such as WELS offers advantages in developing and modelling water efficiency policy options. The approach described can support decision-making on policies that improve water efficiency across building types.
Genter, F, Putri, GL, Handayani, R, Priadi, C, Willetts, J & Foster, T 2024, 'Evaluation of a participatory citizen approach to monitor microbial water quality of self-supply in urban Indonesia', Urban Water Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 272-284.
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Gero, A, Chowdhury, T, Phelan, J, Kershaw, L, Winterford, K, Mohamed, L & Netzler-Lagaaia, P 2024, 'Integrating climate action into the Australian Volunteers Program', Development in Practice, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 1032-1047.
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Gero, A, Winterford, K & Davila, F 2024, 'A Pacific community resilience framework: Exploring a holistic perspective through a strengths‐based approach and systems thinking', Asia Pacific Viewpoint, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 308-322.
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The impacts of climate change in the Pacific and worldwide have prompted researchers and practitioners to find ways to define, assess and support community resilience. This paper presents a community resilience framework to help meet this challenge. While traditional framings of resilience in scholarship are often based on deficit models that focus on vulnerability and gaps, this framework draws on strengths‐based principles and systems thinking approaches to support a holistic and integrated perspective of community resilience. Pacific community resilience literature underpins the framework, which values and prioritises diverse community insights to support locally defined pathways towards adaptation and resilience building. We offer examples of future application of the framework in a range of contexts such as research, programme design, strategic policy, programme implementation or evaluation.
Gordon, E, Davila, F & Riedy, C 2024, 'Designing accreditation systems that enhance the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture: an action-oriented case study on discursive institutionalization', Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 713-736.
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Graham-Nye, J, Florin, N & Retamal, M 2024, 'Windows of opportunity: The power dynamics in the disposable nappy regime and opportunities for niche innovations', Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, vol. 12, pp. 100169-100169.
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Green, A, McKinnon, S, Daly, M, Boehme, T, Cooper, P & Eriksen, C 2024, 'Community-led disaster resilience initiatives: a case study', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 97-104.
Harnett, JE, Leach, MJ, Karzon, R & McIntyre, E 2024, 'Mental Health Literacy and Education of Complementary Medicine Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study', Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 217-225.
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AbstractAn estimated 42% of Australians who consult complementary medicine (CM) practitioners have a mental health diagnosis. Preparedness of CM practitioners in managing such diagnoses is currently unknown. A cross-sectional survey of 257 CM practitioners who reported caring for people with a mental health diagnosis. Practitioners’ mental health literacy, educational needs, and confidence in the assessment, management, and treatment of mental health—including suicide risk—were analysed. Most (59.1%) participants had no formal qualifications in mental health and 44.3% indicated they had not completed any training in psychological therapies. Only 20% were trained in mindfulness-based techniques or goal setting. Over 50% reported their undergraduate qualification contained insufficient mental health content to prepare them for clinical practice. Over one-half had attended continuing professional education on mental health. Practitioners reported greater confidence in assessing, managing, and treating mental wellbeing over complex mental health disorders and suicide risk. These findings uncovered a deficit in the CM practitioner’s surveyed mental health education. As these CM practitioners are a primary point of contact for patients with mental health diagnoses, there is a critical need to expedite skills development in this workforce to support the delivery of safe and effective primary mental health care.
Hernandez, S, Dorrough, J, Ruoso, L, Brazill‐Boast, J, Newman, K, Oliver, I & Plant, R 2024, 'Application and attitudes: active restoration in the context of biodiversity offsetting', Restoration Ecology, vol. 32, no. 5.
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The global trend in offsetting for no‐net‐loss (NNL) is increasing, focusing on protecting high‐condition habitats and restoring degraded ones. Australia's New South Wales (NSW) Biodiversity Offset Scheme (BOS) promotes active restoration (AR; reconstruction of missing ecosystem properties, AR) on offset sites. We examined (1) the adoption of AR under the BOS, and (2) practical constraints and attitudes toward AR. Records of management actions on 138 proposed offset sites revealed that AR was proposed for 19.3% (12,180 ha) of the total offset area (67,310 ha). For areas with a low‐moderate condition score (26,528 ha), AR was proposed for only 27.3% (7248 ha), despite these being the areas where it would be most likely to be necessary. A survey of 111 individuals involved in offsetting policy and restoration revealed that while 76% agreed AR was necessary for NNL, financial constraints were seen as a major barrier. A structural equation model indicated that positive attitudes toward AR rules and AR as a social imperative were strongly linked to agreement on the necessity of AR for NNL outcomes. Our results indicate that attitudes could influence the adoption of AR on offset sites, even in cases where policies are explicitly designed to provide financial incentives for AR, as exemplified in the context of NSW.
Horn, EK, Joyce, A, Chowdhury, RB, Caputo, S, Jacobs, B, Winkler, M & Proksch, G 2024, 'Translating Environmental Potential to Economic Reality: Assessment of Commercial Aquaponics through Sustainability Transitions Theory', Circular Economy and Sustainability, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 523-554.
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Istrate, R, Mas-Fons, A, Beylot, A, Northey, S, Vaidya, K, Sonnemann, G, Kleijn, R & Steubing, B 2024, 'Decarbonizing lithium-ion battery primary raw materials supply chain', Joule, vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 2992-3016.
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Khakmardan, S, Li, W, Giurco, D & Crawford, R 2024, 'Life cycle assessment of lithium carbonate production: Comparing sedimentary deposits', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 467, pp. 142955-142955.
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Kim, J, Green, J, McIntyre, E & Standen, C 2024, 'Considering Residents’ Health and Well-Being in the Process of Social Housing Redevelopment: A Rapid Scoping Literature Review', Journal of Urban Health, vol. 101, no. 5, pp. 1000-1014.
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AbstractMany aging mid-twentieth-century social housing developments worldwide are set to undergo major redevelopment, aiming to improve residents’ living conditions. Nevertheless, the associated processes, particularly the challenges of relocation during the demolition and reconstruction phase, can significantly disrupt communities and social networks. Understanding the multifaceted impacts of social housing redevelopment projects is crucial to inform planning, design, and consultation for these projects. This scoping literature review explores how residents’ health and well-being are considered in the process of social housing redevelopment. We identified eight studies through a search performed on EMBASE, PubMed, and Scopus databases, with an additional hand search of the bibliographies of selected studies. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify the health and well-being impacts of the different phases during redevelopment projects. The findings demonstrate that social housing redevelopment projects have varied impacts on residents’ health and well-being depending on the subgroup of residents and the contextual characteristics of the original social housing estate. While improved physical infrastructure provides opportunities for better health outcomes, the disruption and lack of control during the relocation process may cause significant adverse health impacts. Moreover, the different phases during the redevelopment process expose different subgroups to varying risks. Based on these findings, we recommend that social housing redevelopment initiatives prioritize engaging and empowering residents to have better control in decision-making throughout all phases of the redevelopment.
Kuempel, CD, Thomas, J, Wenger, AS, Jupiter, SD, Suárez-Castro, AF, Nasim, N, Klein, CJ & Hoegh-Guldberg, O 2024, 'A spatial framework for improved sanitation to support coral reef conservation', Environmental Pollution, vol. 342, pp. 123003-123003.
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Lee, T, Wearne, S, Wakefield-Rann, R & Scardifield, K 2024, 'Enabling factors and critical extensions for the algal-based bioplastics industry', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 457, pp. 142365-142365.
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Madden, B & Florin, N 2024, 'Characterisation of household single-use packaging flows through a municipal waste system: A material flow analysis for New South Wales, Australia', Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. e32878-e32878.
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Martin-Ortega, J, Wolf, LJ, Tyllianakis, E, Anderson, A, Camargo-Valero, MA, Cordell, D, Doody, DG, Ross, KJ, Jacobs, B, Rothwell, SA, Shahvi, S, Sherry, E, Spears, BM & Withers, PJA 2024, 'Transforming the food system: Are farmers ready to take phosphorus stewardship action?', Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 162, pp. 103930-103930.
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Mendonca Severiano, B, Northey, SA & Giurco, D 2024, 'Drivers and barriers of voluntary sustainability initiatives in mining raw materials for batteries', The Extractive Industries and Society, vol. 20, pp. 101552-101552.
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Miyake, S, Teske, S, Rispler, J & Feenstra, M 2024, 'Solar and wind energy potential under land-resource constrained conditions in the Group of Twenty (G20)', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 202, pp. 114622-114622.
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Opoku Mensah, S, Ibrahim, S-K, Jacobs, B, Cunningham, R, Owusu-Ansah, D & Adjei, E 2024, 'Benefits of farmer managed natural regeneration to food security in semi-arid Ghana', Agriculture and Human Values, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 1177-1193.
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AbstractPromoting Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) aims to increase the productive capacities of farmer households. Under FMNR, farmers select and manage natural regeneration on farmlands and keep them under production. While FMNR contributes to the wealth of farming communities, its contribution to household food security has rarely been researched. We, therefore, used a mixed-methods approach to address the research gap by measuring FMNR’s contribution to food security among farmer households in the Talensi district of Ghana. We adopted the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) and Food Consumption Score (FCS) to estimate food security status among 243 FMNR farmer households and 243 non-FMNR farmer households. Also, we performed a Chi-square test of independence to compare the frequency of each food group (present vs not present) between FMNR adopters and non-FMNR adopters to establish the relationship between adopting FMNR and consuming the FCS and HDDS food groups. Our results reveal that FMNR farmer households are more food secure than non-FMNR farmer households. The HHDS of the FMNR farmer households was 9.6, which is higher than the target value of 9.1. Conversely, the HHDS of the non-FMNR farmer households was 4.3, which is lower than the target value of 9.1. Up to 86% and 37% of the FMNR farmer households and non-FMNR farmer households fell within acceptable FCS; 15% and 17% of FMNR farmer households and non-FMNR farmer households fell within borderline FCS. While none of the FMNR farmer households fell within poor FCS, 46% of non-FMNR farmer households fell within poor FCS. Adopting FMNR is significantly related to consuming all food groups promoted and benefiting from FMNR practices. The paper recommends enabling farmers in semi-arid environments to practice and invest in FMNR for long-term returns to food security.
Priadi, CR, Suleeman, E, Darmajanti, L, Putri, GL, Genter, F, Foster, T & Willetts, J 2024, 'Policy and regulatory context for self-supplied drinking water services in two cities in Indonesia: Priorities for managing risks', Environmental Development, vol. 49, pp. 100940-100940.
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Pugh, R, Brydges, T, Sharpe, S, Lavanga, M & Retamal, M 2024, 'The ‘Wellbeing Wardrobe’ as a tool to promote just transitions in the fashion and textile industry', Contemporary Social Science, vol. 19, no. 1-3, pp. 223-243.
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Rosa, DWB, Hot, CVPS, Gomes, IT, Ventura, DF, Silva, TFDG, Chong, J, Giurco, D & Nascimento, NDO 2024, 'Water quality benefits of implementing Green and Blue Infrastructure in a peri-urban catchment – Case study of a Brazilian metropolis', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 478, pp. 143943-143943.
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Ross, S, Fane, S & Foster, T 2024, 'Comparative economic analysis of urban sanitation interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review', Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 794-807.
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ABSTRACT This review assesses evaluative criteria for least-cost economic analyses of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) interventions, focusing on their alignment with the practical needs for decision support in low- and middle-income countries. We examined the literature from 2003 to 2022 that compares the costs and benefits of urban sanitation interventions to analyse their capacity to select cost-efficient and equitable urban sanitation options. The analysis revealed that finer disaggregation of cost perspectives could better articulate the diverse demands for services. Furthermore, options for comparison should be framed in addition to the diverse service provision models already existing within a context to ensure these perspectives are included. Developing the capacity to forecast a context-specific without-project scenario, using locally derived cost data as a basis of comparison, will be essential for adhering to CWIS planning principles. In addition, involving marginalised users more effectively in decision-making processes within economic analyses is essential for advancing equitable service provision. Future comparative economic analysis studies should embrace the complexities of CWIS contexts by supplementing broad-scale comparisons with detailed, context-sensitive evaluations to support more inclusive urban sanitation planning.
Ross, S, Fane, S & Foster, T 2024, 'Evaluative criteria for least-cost economic analysis of citywide inclusive sanitation: A scoping review', Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1216-1230.
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ABSTRACT Compared to health interventions, where evaluative criteria have been established, uncertainty about how comparative economic analysis methodologies should be applied to heterogeneous urban sanitation interventions in cities of low- and middle-income countries persists. Gaps between least-cost principles and current approaches constrain emerging citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) planning frameworks. Furthermore, a lack of comparable evidence about the economic efficiency of service provision interventions impacts the delivery of urban sanitation as an inclusive public service. This review scopes how least-cost principles may be applied to methodologies for urban sanitation interventions in two iterations. We devise and discuss evaluative criteria, embodying CWIS principles, that will improve the quality of these methodologies. They include how (i) the inclusion of diverse cost perspectives, particularly populations with marginal access to sanitation, are accommodated within an analysis; (ii) a context-specific without-project case may be used as an appropriate basis for comparison; (iii) tangible and intangible costs and outcomes may influence decisions; and (iv) diverse mixtures of interventions at different scales may be compared with integrity. The resulting evaluative criteria define principles that may inform future systematic reviews of methods aimed at enhancing CWIS planning frameworks.
Shittu, O, Arnautovic, K, Lockrey, S, Vince, J, Vogel, R, Bhattacharya, A, Stanes, E, Garofano, N, Retamal, M & Harkness, M 2024, 'Governance solutions for soft plastics in Australia: lessons from the discontinuation of REDcycle', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 269-295.
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Stranddorf, L, Colley, T, Delefosse, M, Svendsen, JC & Irving Olsen, S 2024, 'Marine biodiversity impact pathways for offshore wind farm decommissioning: Implications for Life Cycle impact assessment development', Ecological Indicators, vol. 167, pp. 112613-112613.
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Tahir, F, Dwyer, S & Kelly, S 2024, 'Embracing omplexity: Microgrids and community ngagement in Australia', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 118, pp. 103811-103811.
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Tahir, F, Dwyer, S & Kelly, S 2024, 'Emergent opportunities and barriers on the feasibility of microgrids: Qualitative findings from an Australian funding program', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 109, pp. 103423-103423.
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Vladimirova, K, Henninger, CE, Alosaimi, SI, Brydges, T, Choopani, H, Hanlon, M, Iran, S, McCormick, H & Zhou, S 2024, 'Exploring the influence of social media on sustainable fashion consumption: A systematic literature review and future research agenda', Journal of Global Fashion Marketing, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 181-202.
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Wearne, S & Riedy, C 2024, 'Whose “place” is it? Using corpus-based techniques to sketch place-based sustainability discourses in public and academic forums', Sustainability Science, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 883-904.
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AbstractCalls for a “place-based” approach to sustainability are increasingly common in the field of sustainability transitions and transformations (STT). To critically explore the agendas and politics a call towards place carries, we undertook a corpus-assisted discourse study (CADS) to examine a sample of public and academic texts from 2019 to 2020. Two distinct discourses about place were evident: an environmental discourse framing place as an assemblage of more-than-human constituents and an anthropocentric discourse framing place as a human community. These discourses present vastly different priorities about which species matter, what change entails, and what kind of future we should create. Our findings reflect the emergence of a discourse coalition that advocates for a place-based approach to STT, and we discuss how this viewpoint has continued to emerge since the compilation of our data. Our paper provides an overview of the discursive landscape we encountered, synthesises a central narrative about place-based STT based on what we observed, and provides a critical discussion of the tensions and opportunities that this narrative raises. In doing so, we suggest there remains an opportunity for fruitful dialogue amongst sustainability educators, sustainability practitioners, and researchers to refine what a place-based approach to STT looks like. By demonstrating an application of CADS, we hope to show how digital tools and techniques can be used to research discourses in sustainability. We outline specific opportunities to take this forward, including a broad opportunity to use web-derived corpora to help survey discursive landscapes, and a more specific application to explore discursive dynamics between communities, places, and at different spatial scales.
Woodcock, S & Falletta, J 2024, 'A numerical evaluation of the Finite Monkeys Theorem', Franklin Open, vol. 9, pp. 100171-100171.
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Al-Obaidi, T 1970, 'A cross-disciplinary overview of health conceptualisations to aid urban health researchers and practitioners', Applying Education in a Complex World: Teaching and Learning, Applying Education in a Complex World: Teaching and Learning, Sheridan & AMPS, Toronto, Canada, pp. 101-111.
Fane, S, Mukheibir, P, Kearney, W, Butler, A & Hocking, R 1970, 'A novel approach to stratifying corporate risks for improved risk governance in the water sector', OzWater'24, Prepared by UTS-ISF, Melbourne, Australia.
Foster, T & Gonzalez Botero, D 1970, 'Estimating the global extent of groundwater self-supply', IAH World Groundwater Congress, Davos.
Foster, T & Priadi, C 1970, 'Self-supply and market-based approaches for safe drinking water in lower income countries', 10th World Water Forum, Bali.
Foster, T & UNICEF Pacific 1970, 'Financing Water, Sanitation & Hygiene in the Pacific', 10th World Water Forum, Bali.
Foster, T, Willetts, J, Priad, C, Al'Afghani, MM & Daniel 1970, 'Future-proofing community-based rural water supply', 10th World Water Forum.
Grant, M 1970, 'Governance approaches for increased water security and gender equity', World Water Week 2024, Stockholm.
Langdon, R, Berry, F, Barreto Lara, H, Giurco, D, Mendonca Severiano, B, Northey, S, Farjana, SH & Li, W 1970, 'Voluntary ESG reporting for Australian battery minerals: evolving context and future directions', 2nd AP Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Gold Coast, Australia.
Mendonca Severiano, B, Giurco, D & Northey, S 1970, 'Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of the Adoption of Voluntary Sustainability Initiatives by Lithium-ion Battery Mineral', EcoBalance 2024, Sendai, Japan.
Mendonca Severiano, B, Northey, S & Giurco, D 1970, 'Mining Industry Networks and Eco-innovation Diffusion in the Battery Minerals Sector', 4th LA Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Viña Del Mar, Chile.
Miyake, S & Teske, S 1970, 'Are lands sufficient for solar and onshore wind in the Group of Twenty (G20) and Australia to supply 2050 electricity demands?', The State of Energy Research Conference 2024, Perth, Australia.
Northey, S 1970, '30th Anniversary Panel Discussion', EcoBalance 2024, Sendai, Japan.
Northey, S 1970, 'Dishonest Conversations: Rethinking how we communicate aspiration in scenarios of the future', Critical Minerals for a Sustainable Transition Symposium, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Northey, S 1970, 'Session Chair, Ideas for Improving Mineral and Metal Supply Chain Datasets and Analysis', IE Day 2024, Virtual.
Northey, S, Hyman, J, Mendonca Severiano, B & Sonter, L 1970, 'Extending the PEMMSS model to assess the biodiversity impacts of copper and nickel mining under energy transition scenarios', EcoBalance 2024, Sendai, Japan.
Orquera Guevara, E, Northey, S, Werner, T, Xu, G & Matsubae, K 1970, 'Securing Critical Mineral Supplies: Assessing Lithium Dynamics in the Global South', 2024 Joint ISIE Socio-Economic Metabolism and Asia-Pacific Conference, Beijing, China.
Orquera Guevara, E, Werner, T, Northey, S, Xu, G & Matsubae, K 1970, 'Comparing Lithium Dynamics: Australia vs. Latin America', Ecobalance 2024, Sendai, Japan.
Phansalkar, A, Runcie, P & Chaikin-Bryan, C 1970, 'Panel discussion: ‘Progressing Past Pilots - OPENAIR Case Study’. -Australian Smart Communities Summit 2024', Australia.
Putri, G, Ilmi, A, Handayani, R, Priadi, C, Willetts, J & Foster, T 1970, 'Impact of climate variability on faecal contamination from on-site sanitation system in shallow groundwater', IAH World Groundwater Congress, Davos.
Talwar, S 1970, 'Integrating circular economy, climate change & biodiversity agendas - Research findings and implications for Australia', Keynote speaker at the Australian Circular Economy Forum, Sydney, Australia.
Trianni, A, Bennett, N, Cantley-Smith, R, Cheng, C-T, Dunstall, S, Hasan, ASMM, Katic, M, Leak, J, Lindsay, D, Pears, A, Wheatland, FT, White, S & Zeichner, F 1970, 'Industry 4.0 for Energy Productivity: Insights and Future Perspective for Australia', Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 547-554.
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Willetts, J 1970, 'Pathshifting to address global challenges: Transformative adaptation in practice', IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2024, Toronto, Canada.
Willetts, J 1970, 'Risk and resilience in WASH: Clarifying concepts and key directions', Global South Conclave on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and Climate Change, Ahmedabad, India.
Willetts, J 1970, 'Transformative adaptation in troubled times: Securing planetary, ecosystem and human health', Singapore International Water Week, Singapore.
Winterford, K 1970, 'The Future is Locally Led: A participatory design sprint for a bold new sector', ACFID National Conference 2024, Sydney, Australia.
Atherton, A, Kobelentz, K, Noble, G, Berry, F, Niklas, S, Feenstra, M & Teske, S UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures 2024, Net Zero Integrity: Assessment of the Net Zero Pledges of Australian Companies, pp. 1-121, Sydney.
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Since the Paris Agreement there has been a groundswell of voluntary net zero commitments by nations and non-state actors. Voluntary pledges now cover over 90% of the global economy.1 However, most of the voluntary commitments made by businesses fall short of emerging global best practice, such as the standards recommended by the UN High Level Expert Group Integrity Matters Report.2 Despite the large number of net zero pledges being made, it is becoming clear that voluntary action alone is not enough to drive business climate action at the speed required to align with the science of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees. In the context of an increasing number of Australian companies making net zero pledges, and with growing stakeholder and regulator scrutiny, Climate Integrity commissioned the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures to assess the net zero pledges of a sample of major Australian listed corporate businesses. Businesses have a critical role to play in the achievement of the goals of the Paris Agreement to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.”3 To ensure that businesses are contributing fairly to the achievement of this goal, they need to clearly set out a roadmap for decarbonisation or a ‘Transition Plan’, outlining how they intend to reach net zero on a trajectory that aligns with the latest science. With the rise of business climate action plans, there is now a plethora of frameworks, assessments, standards and disclosure requirements that address transition plans globally, many of which remain voluntary. In March 2022, the United Nations established a High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (UN HLEG) to develop clearer and stronger standards for net-zero emissions pledges by businesses, investors and cities. At COP27, this Expert Group released a r...
Briggs, C & Nasser, A Business Renewables Centre - Australia 2024, Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements: State of the Market 2023, Australia.
Briggs, C, Langdon, R, Niklas, S, Tjondro, M, Gill, J, Trimble, ME, Wensing, E, Frangos, M & Heard, R First Nations Clean Energy Network 2024, Powering First Nations Jobs in Clean Energy, pp. 1-124, First Nations Clean Energy Network.
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Increasing access to training, creating employment, and building career paths in clean energy is one of the key factors that will determine if the energy transition improves the lives of First Nations Australians. Building longer-term employment and skill development (‘careers not jobs’) is a primary pathway to generational wealth building for First Nations Australians. Currently, there are low numbers of First Nations Australians working in the clean energy sector. The First Nations Clean Energy Network engaged the Institute for Sustainable Futures (University of Technology Sydney), SGS Economics, Alinga Energy and Indigenous Energy Australia to examine the barriers, opportunities and solutions to increasing First Nations However, as the Australian Government’s Employment White Paper (2023) noted: ‘.The employment rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continues to significantly lag that of nonIndigenous people, and the gap has not closed notably over the past 30 years’. Australians’ employment in clean energy. Through a combination of employment modelling and data analysis, literature review, interviews and workshops, this study has developed an action plan with 12 key recommendations for how industry, government and employment and training specialists and First Nations communities can realise opportunities for employment and career paths in clean energy
Briggs, C, Roche, D & Ibrahim, I Australian Renewable Energy Agency 2024, Flexible Demand: the State of Play in Australia, Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
Butler, A, Fane, S, Shailaj, R & Jones, A NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2024, Non-residential water efficiency programs handbook, no. PUB24/745, Prepared for the NSW Department of Planning and Environment by UTS-ISF.
Cheung, H, McLeod, B, Rayner, J, Veldre, D & Arndt, D Climate Council of Australia 2024, Next Stop Suburbia: Making shared transport work for everyone in Aussie cities, Australia.
Chowdhury, TJ & Keren, W Australia Pacific Climate Partnership 2024, Community Resilience Case Study in Fiji, Australia.
Chowdhury, TJ, Gero, A, Winterford, K, Lemau, C, Kaiyanuyanu, I & Vakacegu, P University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures 2024, Community Resilience in the Pacific: Research exploring monitoring, evaluation and learning – A learning Report, University of Technology Sydney.
Davila Cisneros, F, Berry, F, Grant, M & Willetts, J Australian Water Partnership 2024, Briefing paper: Gender and social inclusion in the Pacific water–food nexus, Canberra, ACT.
Feenstra, M Institute for Sustainable Futures 2024, [blank], Sydney.
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Power Shift Africa and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) developed a comprehensive energy pathway for Rwanda that is aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement goals and builds on Rwanda’s Energy Policy 2015 plan.
Florin, N & Talwar, S Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence 2024, Practice note on circular economy and product stewardship: Definitions and Connections, Australia.
Gero, A & Chowdhury, T Australia Pacific Climate Partnership 2024, The Economics of Acting Early Evidence of climate and disaster actions in the Pacific, Australia.
Gero, A, Chowdhury, T, Winterford, K & Meaney-Davis, J Institute for Sustainable Futures University of Technology Sydney 2024, Community Resilience Case Studies in Fiji, Kiribati and Timor-Leste: Synthesis Report, Sydney.
Gero, A, Chowdhury, TJ, Winterford, K, Lemau, C, Kaiyanuyanu, I & Vakacegu, P University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures 2024, Insights into Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning of Community Resilience: Application of a Community Resilience Framework- Technical Report, University of Technology Sydney.
Grant, M, Phansalkar, A & Perry, C UTS-ISF 2024, Partnerships for a Resilient and Climate Smart Water Sector Program Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Report, pp. 1-110, Sydney.
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ISF was commissioned by the Australian Water Association (AWA) to develop a Theory of Change (ToC) and a monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) framework for their partnership program. This initiative aimed to build climate-resilient water utilities and associations in the Asia Pacific region.
Meaney-Davis, J, Winterford, K, Mienmany, S, Douangsavanh, S & Willetts, J Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 2024, Assessing the research to policy interface in Laos, no. 8 - Outcome Evaluation Series, Canberra, Australia.
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ACIAR-funded researchers have more than 20 years of experience undertaking research on diverse agricultural subjects in Laos. This outcome evaluation was commissioned to understand the contribution to positive outcomes arising from ACIAR-supported projects focused on fish passages, forest plantations and groundwater irrigation.The evaluation confirmed that the ACIAR-funded research contributed to a range of significant medium-term policy and development outcomes. The evaluation also highlighted that a strong focus on partnerships and the needs of in-country partners in project design and conduct meant outcomes were closely aligned with partner needs and ensured a high level of ongoing engagement from in-country partners.
Mukheibir, P Water Authority of Fiji 2024, Fiji Water Sector Strategy 2050, Prepared for Water Authority of Fiji by UTS-ISF.
Prihatiningtyas, L UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) 2024, Assessment of jobs and skill needs in the electric vehicle value chain, Jakarta.
Qowamuna, N, Al'Afghani, M, Foster, T & Willetts, J REAL-Water 2024, A Legal and Policy Review of Rural Water Services in Indonesia, pp. 1-35, Jakarta.
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The Government of Indonesia has set ambitious targets for access to adequate drinking water1 andsafely managed drinking water2 as outlined in the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN)2020–2024. While there has been progress, significant gaps remain between rural and urban areas. Ruralareas continue to face challenges in achieving equitable access to safe drinking water infrastructure andservices. According to the World Health Organization/United Nations Children’s Fund (WHO/UNICEF)Joint Monitoring Programme, 88 percent of the population in rural areas have services that meet thecriteria for “at least basic” supply, but only 24 percent meet the criteria for “safely managed” watersupply.3An important aspect to expanding and sustaining rural water services is the legal basis and institutionalframework. This document provides a review of Indonesia’s legal and policy framework governing ruralwater supply in Indonesia, covering key legislation, institutional roles, and important future directions.As an essential service, the provision of drinking water is a “mandatory-concurrent” affair. This meanslocal governments must prioritize its implementation (city, regency, and province4) and meet theminimum coverage targets as determined by the central government. Local governments can setregional policies aligned to national policies. Village governments also have responsibility to supportimplementation of drinking water supply in their localities.In rural water provision in Indonesia, community-based organizations (CBOs) play a crucial role. TheCommunity-Based Water Policy issued by Indonesia’s Ministry and National Development Planning(Bappenas) initiated the concept of community-based water management in 2003. Indonesia’s flagshiprural water supply program, Community-Based Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Program(PAMSIMAS) adopted this model, where communities are involved actively from implementationthrough ongoing operation and maintenance.
Rousso, B, Willetts, J, Foster, T & Amin, N UTS-ISF 2024, Water and sanitation technologies for health-care facilities: a literature review of current and emerging water and sanitation technologies for health-care facilities, pp. 1-32, Sydney.
Rousso, B, Willetts, J, Foster, T & Amin, N UTS-ISF 2024, Water and sanitation technologies for healthcare facilities: selecting options for adoption and scale-up in the Western Pacific Region, pp. 1-67, Sydney.
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Access to clean water and safe sanitation services in health-care facilities (HCFs) is fundamental for public health, economic progress and delivery of quality health care. In low- and middle-income countries and areas (LMICs), particularly in the Western Pacific Region (WPR), ensuring a safe water supply and wastewater treatment in HCFs is still a challenge, and improvements are critical to prevent infections, reduce avoidable deaths and uphold sterile environments. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the urgency of advancing knowledge about appropriate technologies for water and sanitation in LMIC HCFs. This guidance document aims to support informed decision-making in the selection of suitable water and sanitation technologies in HCFs in the WPR. It was developed through: (i) a literature review of current scientific evidence on current and emerging technologies, and (ii) engagement with stakeholders in selected WPR countries regarding in-place technologies including co-design of a framework to support technology selection. This document is focused on water supply and wastewater treatment technologies. It does not cover other important HCF topics – waste management, environmental cleaning or design of internal facilities such as washbasins and toilets – which are dealt with in existing resources. This document provides: • a decision-support framework covering three groups of factors that warrant consideration in the technology selection process, namely: (i) site and environmental factors (HCF facility, surrounding human environment and natural environment including water resources); (ii) institutional factors (financial and human resource capacity, regulations and standards); and (iii) technology factors (treatment performance, energy requirements, climate resilience, etc.); and • technology fact sheets, which describe key relevant water and sanitation technologies, each accompanied by information about their strengths and potential chal...
Sven, T Climate Council 2024, Seize The Decade: How we empower Australian communities and cut climate pollution 75% by 2030, Sydney.
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Sven, T, Rispler, J & Miyake, S Institute for Sustainable Futures 2024, Aim High, Go Fast: Why Emissions Need to Plummet this Decade, Sydney.
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Sectoral pathways & Key Performance Indicators for Net-Zero Target Setting Infrastructure Requirements for the National Electricity Market (NEM), Western Australian and the Northern Territory
Talwar, S, Madden, B, Florin, N & Jazbec, M Uber Australia 2024, Uber Eats Australia Green Packaging Framework, Australia.
Teske, S & Miyake, S Institute for Sustainable Futures 2024, Ukraine: Mapping the Energy Opportunities, Solar and Wind Assessment, report prepared for Greenpeace Germany, pp. 1-27, Sydney.
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What role can solar and wind energy play in the Ukraine?Greenpeace Germany has commissioned the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney(UTS) to analyse the solar and wind potential of the Ukraine on the basis of digital Geographic information system (GIS)maps. The primary purpose of GIS mapping is to ascertain the solar and wind energy resources available. It also contributesto the regional analysis of geographic and demographic parameters and the available infrastructure that can be leveraged indeveloping energy scenarios. The comprehensive data set of the solar and wind energy potential for the Ukraine is aimed tosupport a ‘Green Rebuild’ concept. The GIS data of this analysis in a 250m-by-250m resolution is available to all governmentinstitutions of the Ukraine.
Teske, S, Feenstra, M, Miyake, S, Rispler, J, Mohseni, S & Ibrahim, I Institute for Sustainable Futures 2024, Tanzania: Energy Development Plan to decarbonize the Economy, pp. 1-112, Sydney.
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Power Shift Africa and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) developed a comprehensive energy pathway for Tanzania that is aligned with the Paris Climate Agreement goals and builds on the first energy concept for Tanzania published by UTS and Bread for the World in June 2017.
Teske, S, Niklas, S, Feenstra, M & Rispler, J University Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures 2024, One Earth Climate Model 2024, Science-based Target Setting for the Finance Industry; Implementation of the EU Taxonomy with GICS based Net-Zero Sectoral 1.5°C pathways for Real Economy Sectors, pp. 1-132, Sydney.
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The latest available scientific information is contained in the International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) Sixth Assessment Report Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis 1. According to the IPCC definition, 67% likelihood of a 1.5°C increase in global temperature is ‘good’, whereas 50% likelihood is ‘fair’. The One Earth Climate Model (OECM) aims to limit the global mean temperature rise to 1.5°C with ‘good’ likelihood. Therefore, the ‘science-based target’ for the OECM 1.5°C pathway, in terms of the global carbon budget between 2020 and 2050, is set between 400 Gt CO2 (67% likelihood) and 425 Gt CO2 (60% likelihood). The development of sectoral targets to meet the requirements of specific countries or industries will ensure that the sum of all energy-related CO2 emissions for all countries or industry sectors does not exceed the global budget. Therefore, any approach undertaken in isolation, such as for a single industry sector, will involve the risk that one industry sector will demand a high CO2 budget and push the responsibility to reduce CO2 emissions onto other sectors.
Zuse Rousso, B, Willetts, J, Foster, T & Amin, N World Health Organization 2024, Water and sanitation technologies for health-care facilities: current status and context in the Western Pacific Region, pp. 1-62, Manila.
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Access to clean water and safe sanitation services in health-care facilities (HCFs) is fundamental for public health, economic progress and delivery of quality health care. In low- and middle-income countries and areas (LMICs), particularly in the Western Pacific Region (WPR), ensuring a safe water supply and wastewater treatment in HCFs is still a challenge, and improvements are critical to prevent infections, reduce avoidable deaths and uphold sterile environments. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the urgency of advancing knowledge about appropriate technologies for water and sanitation in LMIC HCFs. This guidance document aims to support informed decision-making in the selection of suitable water and sanitation technologies in HCFs in the WPR. It was developed through: (i) a literature review of current scientific evidence on current and emerging technologies, and (ii) engagement with stakeholders in selected WPR countries regarding in-place technologies including co-design of a framework to support technology selection. This document is focused on water supply and wastewater treatment technologies. It does not cover other important HCF topics – waste management, environmental cleaning or design of internal facilities such as washbasins and toilets – which are dealt with in existing resources. This document provides: • a decision-support framework covering three groups of factors that warrant consideration in the technology selection process, namely: (i) site and environmental factors (HCF facility, surrounding human environment and natural environment including water resources); (ii) institutional factors (financial and human resource capacity, regulations and standards); and (iii) technology factors (treatment performance, energy requirements, climate resilience, etc.); and • technology fact sheets, which describe key relevant water and sanitation technologies, each accompanied by information about their strengths and potential chal...
Amin, N, Foster, T, Shimki, NT, Hasan, MR, Sarkar, S, Adnan, SD, Rahman, A, Khan, R, Rahman, M & Willetts, J 2024, 'Inadequate wastewater management in Dhaka's major hospitals: A Socio-Technical Systems (STS) analysis of leadership, policy, and technological challenges', California Digital Library (CDL).
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Anonymous, A 2024, 'IoT Awards: How the OPENAIR project is helping councils monitor air quality'.
Anonymous, A 2024, 'Meet the Research finalists in the 2024 Australian IoT Awards', IoT Hub.
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Key takeaways from article;'The NSW government has started planning expansion of this [OPENAIR] to include other types of environmental IoT sensors.'
Anonymous, A 2024, 'On International Women’s Day, Dr Liwan Liyanage was featured as a researcher in the NSW Smart Sensing Network.', My Clever Data.
Anonymous, A 2024, 'OPENAIR (The Operational Network of Air Quality Impact Resources) received the Research Award at the IoT Awards in Sydney in June, 2024', My Clever Data.
Anonymous, A 2024, 'OPENAIR won the Healthy Planet, Healthy People Award at the National Banksia Sustainability Awards 2024.', My Clever Data.
Anonymous, A 2024, 'The OPENAIR project is among the finalists in two categories “Research” and Environmental Monitoring” in the 2024 Australian IoT Awards', My Clever Data.
Baker, A, Wickham, T & Willetts, J 2024, 'COP28: Parallel worlds uniting for action', Water for Women.
Banksia Foundation 2024, 'LinkedIn post by the Banksia Foundation congratulating OPENAIR on their win', LinkedIn.
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The Banksia Foundation posted on LinkedIn congratulating OPENAIR on winning the Healyhy Planet, Healthy People Award.UTS-ISF was specifically named at the start of the post. As of 19/12/2024, the post has 25 reactions, 3 comments and 9 reposts on LinkedIn.
Banksia Foundation 2024, 'LinkedIn Post from the Banksia Foundation', LinkedIn.
Banksia Foundation, BF 2024, 'Protecting Health through Monitoring Air Quality - OPENAIR: The Operational Network of Air Quality Impact Resources', Issuu.
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This article is an extract from the 35th National Banksia sustainability awards booklet. The booklet is available here; https://issuu.com/banksiafoundation/docs/australia_s_sustainability_success_stories_2024/58
Caut, C, Schoenaker, D, McIntyre, E & Steel, A 2024, 'Health professionals’ beliefs and attitudes towards preconception care: A systematic review', Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Csereklyei, Z, Dwyer, S, Kallies, A & Economou, D 2024, 'The Role of Community-Scale Batteries in the Energy Transition: Case Studies from Australia's National Electricity Market', Elsevier BV.
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Feenstra, M, Dwyer, S & Lobo, C 2024, 'Decarbonising with hydrogen', Energy Magazine.
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https://www.energymagazine.com.au/decarbonising-with-hydrogen/
Fitzner, V, Peterseim, J, Teske, S, Feenstra, M, Talwar, S & Niklas, S 2024, 'Sustainable chemicals pathways', PwC Germany, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures.
IoT Awards, IoT Hub & IoT Alliance Australia 2024, '2024 Australian IoT Awards Winners'.
ISF 2024, 'Healthy Planet, Healthy People Award'.
ISF 2024, 'NSW Merit awards'.
Kenter, J, Martino, S, Buckton, S, Waddock, S, Agarwal, B, Anger-Kraavi, A, Costanza, R, Hejnowicz, A, Jones, P, Lafayette, J, Kabubo-Mariara, J, Mukherjee, N, Pickett, K, Riedy, C & Waddell, S 2024, 'Ten principles for transforming economics in a time of global crises', Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
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Khara, T 2024, 'Exploring Cultural Perspectives on Eating Farmed Animals versus Dogs and Cats'.
Khara, T 2024, 'The link between animal-directed violence and human well-being: Worker experiences in Vietnam’s dog and cat meat trade'.
Lebre, E, Czarnota, K, Walsh, S, Haynes, M, Ufer, N, Sonter, L, Sreekar, R, Bolz, P, Bulovic, N, Cote, C, Kunz, N, Micklethwaite, S, Northey, S, Rochford, L, Schodde, R, Seligmann, B & Sturman, K 2024, 'ESG mapping of the Australian mining sector – The state of play on mobilising spatial datasets for decision making', California Digital Library (CDL).
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Li, M, Sung, J, Shi, X & Teske, S 2024, 'Short- and Long-term effects of key drivers in China’s Natural Gas market'.
MacArthur, J & Willetts, J 2024, 'Piloting two innovative climate modules with the WASH-GEM: Summary Brief'.
MacArthur, J, Willetts, J & Kohlitz, J 2024, 'Piloting two innovative climate modules with the WASH-GEM: Summary Brief'.
McKeon, J, Briggs, C, Cunsolo, A, Mantovani, C, Stadler, A, Antunes, J, Fennell, J, Harley, P, Nithyanand, A, Crestias, M & Bell, N 2024, 'Meeting your corporate sustainability targets with renewable electricity'.
McKeon, J, Nassar, A, Briggs, C & Prendergast, J 2024, 'Corporate PPAs in Australia: State of the Market 2023'.
McKeon, J, Stadler, A, Antunes, J, Gerrard, E, Briggs, C & Law, R 2024, 'Renewable PPAs that are good for nature, people and your business'.
Megaw, T 2024, 'Forcibly displaced in Malaysia: Intersectional experiences of refugees with diverse SOGIE'.
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Emerging Scholar's Network on Forced Migration Workshop
Megaw, T 2024, 'Identity-making and orienting: Sexual and gender minority refugees in Southeast Asia'.
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This article considers whether the refugee governance system and humanitarian programs in Malaysia accommodate people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE). It contributes to an area of migration research which has been under-researched, on structural processes shaping the lives of sexual and gender minorities as they seek asylum in transit countries in the Global South. The article applies an intersectional feminist lens to highlight multiple forms of injustice through understanding the intersection of refugee-ness with sexuality, gender and other axes of differentiation. A post-intentional phenomenological research design is applied to explore the ‘lifeworlds’ of refugees and reflect on their process of orientation within their experience of forced migration. This provides learning about refugees with diverse SOGIE orienting within their reconstituted community in exile, their host community, human rights advocacy groups and humanitarian actors providing protection services.
Mills, F, Foster, T, Kome, A, Munankami, R, Halcrow, G, Ndungu, A, Evans, B & Willetts, J 2024, 'How safe is safely managed on-site sanitation? What we need to know beyond global monitoring', Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
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Moreira dos Santos, LF, Megaw, T, Lue, J-M & Ndiweni, L 2024, 'Episode Four - Decolonising Research, The Big Decolonisation Dialogue Podcast Series', Spotify.
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In this episode, we discuss the process of decolonising academic research and understanding the ways inequity manifests between researchers. We have J'Anna-Mare Lue, lead author of the paper 'Principles of increasing equity in WASH research: understanding barriers faced by LMIC WASH researchers', Tamara Megaw, co-author with Juliet of the report 'Authorship and recognition in knowledge production in water sanitation and hygiene (WASH): A guidance note', and Linda Ndiweni, a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) researcher and lecturer from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe. Lais Freitas Moreira dos Santos and the guests have a very honest conversation about what it entails to perform decolonial research within persisting colonial academic structures.
Motoshita, M, Yokoi, R, Greffe, T, Jolliet, O, Alvarenga, R, Beylot, A, Drielsma, J, Huppertz, T, Kumar, M, Northey, S, Owsianiak, M, Pastor, A, Pradinaud, C, Pfister, S, Schulze, R & Grant, T 2024, 'Recommended model for the endpoint assessment of mineral resource use in GLAM3 project'.
Northey, S & Dominish, E 2024, 'An Interactive Workshop on Perspectives on Responsible Raw Material Sourcing and Trade'.
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Emerging sustainability governance initiatives are set to influence international raw material sourcing, supply chains, and trade. This workshop aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of how the concept of 'responsibility' is being integrated into these new initiatives and frameworks. Attendees will receive an overview of the latest governance initiatives for critical mineral supply chains and how these compare to other sectors. Following this, guided group discussions will provide a platform for participants to understand the diversity of perspectives on responsible sourcing initiatives and learn from others in the room.
Northey, S, Dominish, E & Mendonca Severiano, B 2024, 'An Interactive Workshop on Perspectives on Responsible Raw Material Sourcing and Trade'.
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Emerging sustainability governance initiatives are set to influence international raw material sourcing, supply chains, and trade. This workshop aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of how the concept of 'responsibility' is being integrated into these new initiatives and frameworks. Attendees will receive an overview of the latest governance initiatives for critical mineral supply chains and how these compare to other sectors. Following this, guided group discussions will provide a platform for participants to understand the diversity of perspectives on responsible sourcing initiatives and learn from others in the room.
Northey, S, Pauliuk, S, Klose, S, Yellishetty, M, Giurco, D, Mendonca Severiano, B & Hyman, J 2024, 'Primary Exploration, Mining and Metal Supply Scenario (PEMMSS) Model (v1.3.1)', Zenodo.
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This scenario model simulates mine development, mineral exploration and co-product recovery in response to changing primary demand over-time.
NSSN 2024, 'GovTech Project, Product or Service Award (Finalist)'.
NSSN 2024, 'IoT Award for Research'.
NSW Government 2024, 'OPENAIR'.
Page, K, Hossain, L, Liu, D, Kim, Y, Wilmot, K, Kenny, P, Campbell, M, Cumming, T, Kelly, S, Longden, T, van Gool, K & Viney, R 2024, 'Outcomes from the Victorian Healthy Homes Program: a randomised control trial of home energy upgrades', Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Pushpamali, C & Talwar, S 2024, 'Circular economy actions across the mining lifecycle'.
Riedy, C 2024, 'Earth for all: Five policy turnarounds for a sustainable world', SAGE Publications, pp. 196-200.
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The second in the new series of reviews for Action Research Journal is inspired by, and aims to contribute to, this journal’s focus on transformations towards sustainability. How can we, as action researchers, connect our emancipatory, grassroots work with the big global transformations needed to bring forth a just, harmonious and thriving world? When so much needs to transform, where do we start? In 2022, the Club of Rome offered a possible response in a new report called Earth for All, also published as a book and supporting website. Framed as ‘a survival guide for humanity’, Earth for All calls for ‘five extraordinary policy turnarounds’: ending poverty; addressing gross inequality; empowering women; making our food system healthy for people and ecosystems; and transitioning to clean energy. It is ‘an aspirational, stubbornly optimistic guide to the future’ (p. 26). It argues that action on these five big issues could give us the momentum we need to transform the economy in support of sustainability. Action researchers can help to give this agenda momentum by bringing it into our conversations with citizens and facilitating spaces for dialogue and agonism.
Riley, M 2024, 'LinkedIn post from Matthew Riley', LinkedIn.
Sung, E 2024, 'Knowledge Sharing Session in UTS ISF: Artificial Intelligence - Introduction to Machine and Deep Learning'.
Sung, E 2024, 'Presentation at the 2nd ISETS conference in Nanjing, China: Short- and Long-run effects of key drivers in China’s Natural Gas market'.
Sung, E 2024, 'Presentation at the 34th CESA Annual Conference in Adelaide, Australia: Identifying key natural gas drivers towards China’s carbon neutrality through a novel temporal shrinkage framework'.
Sung, E 2024, 'Presentation at the 41st USAEE/IAEE Conference in Baton Rouge, LA, USA, supported by the 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Conference Fund: Short- and Long-Run Effects of Key Drivers in China’s Natural Gas Market'.
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The 41st United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE)/International Association for EnergyEconomics (IAEE) North American Conference- 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Conference Fund - Presentation and poster based on peer-reviewed paper or abstract
Sung, E 2024, 'Seminar (invited guest speaker) in Beijing Institute of Technology, China: A novel hybrid Prophet-SARIMAX model using scenarios for long-term projections: An application to China’s natural gas consumption'.
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Seminar (invited guest speaker) in Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Sung, E 2024, 'Seminar (invited guest speaker) in Yonsei University, South Korea: Short- and Long-term effects of key drivers in China’s Natural Gas market'.
Turner, A 2024, 'Transitioning Urban Organics: from Waste Management to Integrated Resource Planning using Insights from the Water Sector'.
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Urban organic waste (UOW) is causing economic, social and environmental impacts. Australian policies now require food waste to be halved and organics to be separated at source by 2030. However, significant quantities are still generated and large-scale technical solutions advocated, although not necessarily sustainable nor context appropriate and at odds with waste hierarchy and circular economy principles. This research has identified gaps in UOW management planning and decision-making and the need for a more structured and nuanced approach. Integrated Resource Planning (IRP), a practical decision-making approach used in water and energy planning for decades, to prioritise avoidance and consider ranges of socio-technical context appropriate solutions, offers promise for application in UOW. This thesis investigated and demonstrated through Sydney-based nested case studies how at a: theoretical level - IRP augmented with systems thinking and sustainability transitions can fill identified waste management planning gaps; detailed empirical level – IRP can help fill specific knowledge gaps on the types, quantities and potential UOW innovative context-appropriate solutions available at various scales; and practical level - IRP together with systems thinking and sustainability transitions methods, can improve the IRP approach, especially for UOW application, and help the emerging industry move away from one-size-fits-all solutions.
Willetts, J, MacArthur, J & Gonzalez Botero, D 2024, 'Water, Sanitation and Hygiene – Gender Equality Measure (WASH-GEM) Climate Modules: Pilot Report'.
