Climate change

Climate change

Find out how our Monash and alumni community are using new ideas, effective communication and science to shape climate solutions.
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Monash thought leaders envision a clean energy future

Renewables. Market structure. Storage. The Monash community is revolutionising how we think about and use power.
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How to fuel a carbon-neutral future

Shanghai-based Saw Choon Seong sees engineering as the creative path to opportunity. It is no surprise to find him delivering clean fuel technology critical to the world’s response to climate change.
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Re-imagining our future with cli-fi

As environmental anxiety rises, Adeline Johns-Putra explains why climate fiction is plotting an optimistic path forward.

From the archives

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Charting Indonesia's low carbon future

A renewable energy hub is advising government on carbon markets, harnessing natural resources and crowd-funding start-ups on Indonesia’s path to net zero emissions.

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Protecting our waterways from drugs and microplastics

Traces of drugs are increasingly being detected in waterways, and Dr Erinn Richmond is studying the potential harm posed to ecological environments.

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A passion for maths and tropical cyclones

A passion for real-world maths has put Professor Jenni Evans inside the world’s most destructive cyclones – and at the top of her field.

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ClimateWorks: Leading the way to global emissions reductions

In its 10th anniversary year, ClimateWorks continues to lead the way for real-world emissions reductions, working with a diverse range of industries with the aim of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

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Evidence-based conversation on climate action

As CEO of the Climate Council, Amanda McKenzie is on the frontline of the climate wars between those who accept the science and urgency of climate change, and those who don't.

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Snow science key to calculating future water availability

More than 1.5 billion people rely on ice melt for their water, and at NASA, Kat Bormann is unlocking critical information about water availability based on snowfall.

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Transforming how BOM does business

Graham Hawke is helping climate-sensitive industries and governments prepare for future weather events.

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Impact sustainable development

Sustainable development is at the heart of what Daniel Wielechowski does at Tesla, where he’s designing robust interventions to create better ways of manufacturing vehicle paint.

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A change in the weather

Somewhat of an accidental weatherman, Paul Higgins now uses his position to take people into the science foretelling our future.

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Protecting our waterways from drugs and microplastics

Traces of drugs are increasingly being detected in waterways, and Dr Erinn Richmond is studying the potential harm posed to ecological environments and whether microplastics aid the transportation of drugs into the diets of aquatic creatures.

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Changing the world one veggie patch at a time

Fabian Capomolla believes you can feed the soul, not just the body, when food is grown with love.

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The call of the wild

Humans may be the greatest threat to big-cat species around the world, but Dr Luke Hunter has made it his life’s mission to change that.

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A vision splendid

Paul Barton is on a mission to make Monash University the greenest university in the land.

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A passion for the nature of things

Two alumni have forged careers devoted to protecting the environment.

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Antarctica to Everest

Liam Suckling is on the grandest of adventures, one that will take him 160,000 kilometres around the globe and – all going well – to the top of the highest mountains of every continent.