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Editor's note
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Hope, like a slinky, springs eternal. While rage, fear and disgust are all appropriate responses to the realities of climate change (which we have explored extensively this week), we must move from despair to action.
Fortunately, many courageous and dedicated people have spent decades chipping away at the persistent problems that plague us, and The Conversation has been publishing their results for years. As an antidote to despair, here is just a small sampling from our archives of radical solutions, practical remedies and solid action plans. We have the tools we need – now we have to use them.
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Madeleine De Gabriele
Deputy Editor: Energy + Environment
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Top story
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We have a path forward through climate change.
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Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation
We've spent years publishing smart, practical research on real climate solutions. Now it's time to put it all into practice.
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Children play near a coal-fired power plant in the town of Obilic, Kosovo, in November 2018.
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Bill Hare, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Ahead of the UN climate summit, we take stock of the world's best and worst performers on climate action - including some surprise success stories.
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Politics + Society
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Kate Burridge, Monash University; Howard Manns, Monash University
We may no longer say ‘shiver me timbers’, but we still use plenty of pirate words for other things.
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Lucas Walsh, Monash University
Conscripting young volunteers to combat climate change is not necessary. Australians aged 15-17 already have the highest rates of volunteering in the country.
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Andrew Dodd, University of Melbourne
Today we meet Bastian Obermayer, the Pulitizer prize-winning journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into global tax evasion.
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Cities
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Abby Mellick Lopes, Western Sydney University; Cameron Tonkinwise, University of Technology Sydney
Trees and the shade they provide are one of the best ways of cooling cities. But they also present challenges that are best resolved by managing this shared resource as part of an urban commons.
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Patrick Love, University of Melbourne; Mark Stevenson, University of Melbourne
The Spanish city is remaking urban neighbourhoods by limiting through traffic in superblocks that give priority to pedestrians and street activities, not cars.
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Education
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Ben Arnold Lohmeyer, Flinders University
To understand why young people may become bullies we need to consider some of the less visible ways they are exposed to power inequalities and violence.
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Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania; Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University; Shane Pill, Flinders University
We need to keep active and exercise to stay healthy. So why not teach school kids some of the activities they'd go on to enjoy later in life?
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Arts + Culture
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Sasha Grishin, Australian National University
Many of the world's greatest photographers focus on our shared human experience in a milestone exhibition.
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Kevin John Brophy, University of Melbourne
A 40-year friendship ends badly and publicly, leading to a forensic examination of what it means to have and be a friend.
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Health + Medicine
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Katie Attwell, University of Western Australia; Mark Navin, Oakland University
In some countries, parents are fined if they don't vaccinate their child or they have to go on a course before being granted an exemption to vaccinate. Are any of these options right for Australia?
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Kassia Beetham, Australian Catholic University
It's normal for expectant mums to worry about how their activities might affect their baby's health. But when it comes to vigorous exercise, the evidence shows there's nothing to worry about.
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Science + Technology
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Caio Seguin, University of Melbourne; Andrew Zalesky, University of Melbourne
Sections in the brain called "senders" and "receivers" are responsible for directing neural traffic, and we are now a step closer to understanding how they work.
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Business + Economy
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Terry Carney, University of Sydney
The government's claim that its automated debt notice system is legal has never been tested in open court.
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Peter Martin., Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Newstart increases are projected to get smaller and smaller relative to pension increases. By the end of the century Newstart will be just two fifths of the pension.
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Featured jobs
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La Trobe University — Bundoora, Victoria
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Featured events
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RD Watt Seminar Room, RD Watt Building, City Road, University of Sydney , Camperdown , New South Wales, 2006, Australia — University of Sydney
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