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13 - Climate Action

Sustainable Development Goals

The following research projects have been specifically aligned to Sustainable Development Goal 13 and the aim to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. These projects and initiatives are examples of the University’s contribution to the SDGs.

Supercity Nansha

The Supercity Nansha project aims to explore and highlight the important role architecture can play in the context of sustainability and liveable spaces.

Comprehensive community profiles for informal settlements

RMIT University is generating comprehensive community profiles though site visits, household and settlement surveys; complemented by different geospatial datasets.

Climate action plans for five informal settlements in Honiara, Solomon Islands

This project involves participatory action research and close collaboration with five informal settlements to identify climate vulnerabilities, their priority needs, and then to co-design potential climate actions with local stakeholders.

Investigating the potential of International Landcare

This project undertakes a study of the Landcare approach across six countries to determine how sustainable agricultural land management mobilised through Landcare contributes to development outcomes.

Greenhouse and Sustainability Program

The Greenhouse and Sustainability Program (GSP) connects multi-disciplined Honours and Masters students with industry partners in real-world problem solving.

Improved Urban Systems for Liveability

This project investigates how major cities function and the effects of their land-use, housing and infrastructure systems on the humans that live in them.

Measuring, monitoring, and translating urban liveability in Bangkok

RMIT urban health scholars are partnering with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to develop and test a suite of open source 'urban liveability' indicators aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Sustainable Urban Precincts Program

The Sustainable Urban Precincts Program (SUPP) was a $128 million project to reduce energy and water use, significantly lowering greenhouse gas emissions associated with RMIT campus operations.