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Dr Cathy Oke
Melbourne Enterprise Senior Fellow in Informed Cities; Special Advisor, Innovate4Cities, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, Connected Cities Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
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Melbourne’s real-world impact on climate change
A new initiative bringing together multi-disciplinary climate change experts is focused on finding effective global solutions in Australia and beyond
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How our cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis
Globally, thousands of governments have declared a climate emergency, but cities have a key role to play in conserving and restoring biodiversity