A prefab building revolution can help resolve both the climate and housing crises
The world faces a shortage of housing and a climate emergency. These urgent issues call for quick action and innovative ...
Tag: climate change
Economic solutions to water scarcity problems
As water takes centre stage at COP28, we look at some of our local challenges and how an economic lens ...
Everyone cares about the environment — until it’s time to pay for it
What lessons can we learn from the campaign to remove lead from petrol that can be applied to fighting climate ...
Why Australia’s progress on electric vehicles is lagging behind
When market forces focus on cost, real sustainability solutions such as electric vehicles can get left behind.
New software for assessing and predicting geo-disaster risk
With climate change increasing the wrath of geo-disasters, this new technology can foreshadow the impacts – and help engineers to ...
Taking rail construction to the next level
Engineering company Laing O’Rourke is addressing the challenge of climate change by embracing new products and processes.
Five local climate-fighting engineering solutions
From microbes to efficient battery storage, these home-grown start-ups have come up with innovative technologies to tackle climate change.
Negative emissions: direct air carbon capture
Can direct air capture be an effective weapon in the fight against global warming?
The power of personal connections to drive climate action
Responding to climate change is wickedly complex, which is why engineering more sustainable tech and systems is only half the ...
Opinion: COP28 marks time for engineered solutions
The time for talk is over – it’s time for action. At COP28 in the UAE later this year, the ...
