2024

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25 October 2024

Insights from the 2024 Earth System Governance Forum

The 2024 Earth System Governance (ESG) Forum convened leading experts from around the world, including from SEI, to address the urgent challenges posed by climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequalities in what is increasingly described as an era of "polycrisis."
24 October 2024

Sydney Environment Institute announces 2025 collaborative projects

From highlighting the importance of traditional knowledge pathways to conserve Sea Country, to using AI in evaluating biodiversity policies, these projects explore some of the challenges of and potential solutions to the climate crisis, and align with the Institute’s research themes and its work to contribute to the common good.
14 October 2024

Bahrain, Swat: An Indigenous community on the frontlines of climate change

Mujahid Torwali shares his story of Bahrain, a town in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, which has been dramatically transformed by climate change and devastating floods. Despite contributing little to the climate crisis, the people of Bahrain are enduring its severe impacts, struggling to adapt and rebuild.
10 October 2024

Community engagement and volunteerism in NGO-managed protected areas

Sanaa is an Honours student studying a Bachelor of Environmental Studies, who was awarded the SEI Honours Research Fellowship in 2024. Her project is titled ‘Community engagement and volunteerism in NGO-managed Protected Areas’.
26 September 2024

Experts to unite at COP16 to tackle the biodiversity crisis

As biodiversity loss accelerates at unprecedented rates, COP16 in Colombia brings together global leaders, academics, and NGOs to address this crisis. University of Sydney delegates, including A/Prof Jaime Gongora, A/Prof Catherine Grueber, and PhD candidate Ana Maria Ulloa, will contribute to discussions.
18 September 2024

Exploring climate buffer infrastructures in Tacloban

An international team of researchers and students, funded by the Sydney Environment Institute, conducted fieldwork in Tacloban City, Philippines from June to August 2024. They sought to understand the prospects and pitfalls of hard infrastructures and nature-based solutions in protecting communities from adverse impacts of climate change.
16 September 2024

Towards a just implementation of carbon removal

PhD student, Elisa Paiusco, explores the societal and ethical dimensions of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques such as afforestation and reforestation (A/R), bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCS), and direct air capture (DACCS).
05 September 2024

Social infrastructure and disaster risk in the Philippines

Lauren is an Honours student studying a double degree in Civil Engineering and Geography, who was awarded the SEI Honours Research Fellowship in 2024. Her project is titled ‘Social infrastructure and disaster risk in the Philippines’.
02 September 2024

Patient’s heart and related carbon footprint can both be cared for

A team of researchers at the University of Sydney, including a sustainability analyst, a sociologist and cardiologist, has been able to map the carbon footprint of a cardiac patient, from hospital admission to discharge.
28 August 2024

Senate inquiry highlights SEI's role in disaster resilience

The Sydney Environment Institute (SEI) is proud to announce that its collaborative efforts have been featured in the recently published report from the Senate inquiry into Australia's Disaster Resilience.