Jessie Briggs

Research Fellow, Sustainable Urbanisation, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne

Environment

Without sustainable cities, global development goals will fail

Australian cities are integrating the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals into their own COVID-19 Recovery Plans, using local action to drive global sustainability

Environment

The local governments declaring a climate emergency

The rise in the number of local governments declaring a climate emergency is significant, but only a small proportion have developed action plans

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