Mathematicians can often figure out what happens as quantities grow infinitely large. What about when they are just a little big?
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Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.
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A better way to secure digital payments.
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The 2023 Paul Bourke Lecture presented by Dr Sophie Webber, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
‘Climate finance: Taking a position on climate futures’
Climate change is increasingly conceptualised in financial terms. In policy and politics, climate change is viewed as a problem of bridging ‘financing’ gaps between the anticipated costs of climate change and available public and private finance, between developed and developing countries, and between mitigation and adaptation activities. These categorisations tend to frame climate finance as a neutral and technical tool for meeting shared goals for responding to climate change.
In this presentation, hear an alternative geographical perspective that is focused on how the ideas, instruments and institutions of climate finance are reshaping the relationships between our economies and climate change. Illustrated with examples of adaptation finance from the Asia-Pacific region, I outline different configurations of climate finance and demonstrate their potentials for more democratic and just climate futures.
Plus Q&A, followed by a cocktail reception.
A new analysis shows the most widely cited happiness studies relied on poor research methods.
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'This is Just Practice' reads the sub-title of Marisa Holmes' book Organizing Occupy Wall Street, which is the latest addition to the Alternatives and Futures: Cultures, Practices, Activism and Utopias series. The book reverberates with revolutionary intent: a threat and a promise.
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The story behind the scare that an atomic bomb would ignite the atmosphere into a fireball.
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This exoplanet’s sun should have obliterated its atmosphere. It's still going strong.
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How the theory of relativity explains our minds.
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We can write a different ending for critically endangered species.
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