The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) has published its 2014 report. The DDPP is understanding and showing how individual countries can transition to a low-carbon economy and how the world can meet the 2 degrees Celsius (°C) target.
The Australian Groundwater Explorer provides access to a wide range of groundwater data, including around 800 000 bore locations, bore logs and landscape characteristics. The portal allows you to visualise and analyse groundwater information within an area of interest. Datasets …
The eBooks ‘Global Water Issues and Insights’ and ‘Living with Water Scarcity’ are available as open-access downloads from the Global Water Forum website.
In 2015, the United Nations is set to agree the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will guide investment and social policy for decades to come. This new book stresses the importance of water for achieving the proposed SDGs and …
Beyond Downscaling describes the challenges of including climate change in water management decision-making. After considering the pros and cons of current adaptation practices, the book concludes with a framework for an adaptation approach.
The World Ocean Observatory is dedicated to information, education and public discourse about the ocean defined as an integrated global social system.
Digital technologies are beginning to have a major impact on the way people travel. How will transportation planning grapple with this rapid shift? The Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management has developed a set of four alternative future scenarios.
Urban Environment News wishes you a happy and safe festive season and a great start to 2015! Many thanks for your support throughout 2014, a year in which Urban Environment News celebrated ten years of operation.
The Places You Love alliance has completed a landmark survey of Australia’s environment. More than any time in our history, humans are impacting the health and function of nature, with significant implications for the well-being and prosperity of Australian society.
The CSIRO report Australia’s Biosecurity Future: preparing for future biological challenges uses strategic foresight to identify the major biosecurity trends and risks that Australia may need to respond to over the next 20-30 years.