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SRI2022 is Now Open Access
Watch over 200 transdisciplinary sessions tackling some of the greatest sustainability challenges and highlighting new knowledge from all over the world.
Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress in Numbers
SRI2022 Idea Market Winners
Do we know what ideas will have the scalability or innovativeness to combat the most pressing issue of our time, climate change? We believe that every idea deserves to be explored and presented to the public to encourage action and spark collaboration. The...
Asia Spotlight Event at SRI2022
As the largest and most populous continent in the world, Asia plays an extremely important role in global climate change research and response. To raise awareness and propel discussions about sustainable priorities for Asia, Twenty sessions were featured in the Asia Spotlight Event at SRI2022.
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 AEST Moderator: Dominique Coy Presenters: 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...
Adaptable Urban Environments for human wellbeing and environmental sustainability
Thursday 30 June 2022 - 11:00 - 13:00 AEST Moderators: Prof Tan Yigitcanlar, A/Prof Mirko Guaralda Presenters: Yi Song Liu, Wenda Li, Turgut Acikara, Martina Hale, Stephen Fischer, Ksenia Nikolaeva, Jiaxuan E The last few years have been challenging for the global...
Mapping ecosystem functions at landscape level to find and protect ecosystem service hotspots
Thursday 30 June 2022 - 09:00 - 10:30 AEST Dr Graham Ashford, Dr Madeleine Page, Sally Chudleigh Ecosystem services are foundational to human well-being. To better inform complex decisions and evaluate trade-offs involving environmental and economic policy choices,...
Carbon and Cultural Landscapes of Mithaka Country
Thursday 30 June 2022 - 11:00 - 12:00 AEST Dr Duncan Keenan-Jones, Joshua Gorringe and Jacob Birch Beyond sustainability: Australia’s First Peoples and the agricultural paradigm shift.Jacob Birch (Southern Cross University) Sustainability is about maintaining an...
Exploring the Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual Property Landscape: Leveraging existing laws, Indigenous protocols and international frameworks to facilitate Indigenous innovation
Thursday 30 June 2022 - 14:00 - 15:30 AEST Moderator: Rhianna PatrickSpeakers: Dr Margaret Raven, Dr Ruth Link, Mr Gerry Turpin, Dr Chris Bourke, Ms Ziggi Busch Learning from the distinct knowledge systems, practices and innovative technologies developed and...