Centre for Environment and Population Health

Terri Butler brought in to bat for Griffith’s Climate Ready Initiative

Former Federal MP, Terri Butler has joined Griffith’s Climate Ready Initiative (CRI) board, putting her sharp political faculties towardclimate readiness and resilience.
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Biodiversity

World-first innovation accelerates process to safeguard environment and wildlife

World-first data analysis platform, EcoCommons has been launched, transforming our ability to understand the impacts of the climate crisis on Australia’s environment and native species.
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Arts Education Law

Action and accountability key for Griffith COP27 delegates

Griffith researchers in tourism, climate adaptation and climate science to present key reports and take part in global discussions.
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Cities Research Institute

Sat tags on track to explore climate impacts on whale migrations

Hopes tracking whale movements towards Antarctic will yield insights into adaptation to climate change.
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Disaster management

New IPCC report shows Australia is at real risk from climate change

Impacts are worsening, future risks are high, and wide-ranging adaptation is needed.
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Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Why COP26 fell so far short of expectations

Griffith University academics unpacked what was achieved at the Glasgow climate change summit and whether COP26 was failure.
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Griffith Beacons

The ‘Difficult Conversations’ we need to have

Griffith University is hosting a series of cutting-edge discussions around the Difficult Conversations we need to have about climate justice during COP26.
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Biodiversity

New Griffith-backed alliance to deliver sustainable climate-ready national economy

An alliance of business leaders, industry and community groups has committed to a five-year collaboration to plan and deliver a sustainable economic transformation for the nation.
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Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

EcoCommons – mapping the future in environmentally challenging times

Griffith University is driving the construction of EcoCommons, a world-first collaborative platform for analysing and modelling ecological and environmental challenges.
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Giving

Fuel reduction burning effective for small targeted areas, but…

Prescribed burning can reduce house loss during bushfires so long as it is targeted close to houses.
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Griffith Beacons

Post-fire logging removes tree hollows vital for wildlife recovery

An expert review on logging after bushfires found it removes tree hollows which are vital in the recovery of more than 225 native species.
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Griffith Beacons

Logging and thinning of forests can increase fire risk

Logging can make native forests more flammable and lead to greater fire severity for decades.
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Coastal and Marine Research Centre

How will COVID-19 and climate change affect the whale-watching industry?

Griffith University research predicts it will take years for the whale-watching industry to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Griffith Beacons

The tricks Australian forests use to survive bushfires

A review byThe Bushfire Recovery Project has confirmed how it is that Australian eucalypt forests survive and regenerate after devastating wildfires like the 2019-20 Black Summer fires.
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Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

G20 stimulus potential triple win for climate, biodiversity and pandemic prevention

Anew report is calling on theG20to fund‘Nature-based Solutions’ that address three of the main risks to humankind: biodiversity loss, climate change and global pandemics.
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Australian Rivers Institute

Griffith data projects receive welcome boost

Griffith University’s unique FishID software project has been given a boost with the announcement of $211,000 in funding from the Australian Research Data Commons.
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Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

High-profile board to drive new approach for climate action

Growing concern about climate change has led to the appointment of an Australian-first board to help develop new strategies, partnerships and investment for climate action.
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Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Research dives deep to understand climate impacts on whales

A world-first research project aims to understand how ocean changes influence the recovery of whale populations in the southern hemisphere.
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