Business schools have vast and diverse expertise to contribute to rebuilding better in a post-pandemic world, but the problems it has laid bare require business schools to change too.
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Agreements between the EU and its partner countries for fishing rights could be a great vehicle to push sustainability but more must be done before we can say they are doing that.
Open-educational resources are critical for increasing global learners’ access to education during COVID-19 and beyond. Blockchain technology can address concerns about plagiarism in resources.
Untreated wastewater is responsible for the deaths of 800 children under five every day, and inflicts serious damage to the environment. Knowing where sewage ends up is vital.
Australia has a huge opportunity to design a recovery strategy that strengthens our resilience to future shocks and ensures the country’s long-term, sustainable prosperity.
The COVID-19 pandemic risks making Canada’s already woeful record on child welfare worse. To safeguard a future for our children, governments must prioritize their care.
After the pandemic, South Asian governments must spend money on making public services work, rather than relying on GDP growth to pull people out of poverty.
Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada is pursuing its international policy on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and scoring points on the world stage by leading the global support for recovery.
A more explicit emphasis on the national interest may encourage donor countries to play ‘the long game’ in Africa.
Australia’s COVID-19 response was bettered only by South Korea and Latvia, according to a new United Nations report. Just don’t ask how we’re doing on climate and sustainability.
Despite clear air as a result of the pandemic reducing human activities, our emissions still soar.
Besides battling the coronavirus pandemic, San Roque residents have long been locked in a bigger struggle for their very survival as a community in the face of home demolitions and relocations.
During normal times, and even more during the present pandemic, access to clean water and proper sanitation is essential.
The Nigerian government must adopt a process that is open in implementing its social assistance programmes.
It is easy for people in the industrialised world to blame population growth elsewhere for environmental damage. But increased consumption is just as important – if more confronting.
Study presents a model that can be scaled to improve learning outcomes and transition rates for young people living in urban informal settlements.
The 17 goals seek to end all forms of poverty everywhere by 2030, by achieving 169 targets. Progress in achieving them does not match the hype.
The hope is that the biodiversity targets translate directly into what individual countries, cities, companies and even families can adopt as tangible actions.
To bring about genuine change, middle-power countries like Canada must adopt a leadership role in pursuing an ethical agenda to ensure the security and survival of humanity.
Is Canada ready to lead?
Recent extreme events in Australia, with torrential rain and floods following devastating bushfires, have focused the World Urban Forum’s attention on the urgency of climate action.
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John Thwaites is a Friend of The Conversation.Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Chair of Policy Innovation, School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Sustainable Development Solutions Network Manager, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Business and Sustainable Development, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
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Thomas Wiedmann is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Sustainability Research, UNSW
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Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Performance, The University of Melbourne
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Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University
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Associate Director (International) - Melbourne Centre for Cities, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Development Economics, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Public Health, The University of Queensland