Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute

This scholarship supports a PhD candidate to undertake research on resilience in metropolitan Melbourne.

Our researchers are assessing the vulnerabilities of Melbourne’s food system to shocks and stresses, such as COVID19

For drought-busting rains, Australia might just have to wait for the tropical oceans to serve up some moisture, new research from Dr Andrew King

Eighteen representatives from the University of Melbourne participated in the 10th World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi last week, including six delegates supported by travel bursaries from MSSI’s Future Cities Cluster and the Connected Cities Lab.

Bushfire in a water catchment can have major impacts on water supply including contamination and soil erosion, so what can be done?

In the face of extreme weather events,  modelling shows the economic benefits of emissions reduction far outweigh the costs

Our conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires – but we must not give up. Prof Brendan Wintle and colleagues talk about what's left after the destruction

University of Melbourne scholars have been researching both bushfires and environmental change, and provide facts on the recent bushfire crisis.

Leadership and wisdom in the climate crisis

In the 1990s, central Dandenong in Melbourne’s southeast was in decline. But, over the past decade and a half, this trend has been halted and in some areas reversed.

MSSI is offering four travel bursaries to participate in the 10th World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi

Practitioners and academics gathered to explore collaborative research and practice opportunities to contribute to the 11th ‘urban’ Sustainable Development Goal, SDG11.

Access to land is a barrier to simpler, sustainable living. Public housing could offer a way forward

Foodprint Melbourne project awarded for research engagement and impact.

From June 5th - 7th, The Climate Reality Project (TCRP) hosted their 41st training delivered in partnership with the Queensland Government as part of the inaugural Climate Week Queensland.

It was no April fool’s joke when the Rockefeller Foundation announced it will phase out funding for the 100 Resilient Cities network. The foundation’s message was a surprise for many participating cities, including Melbourne and Sydney, and for its partnering non-governmental organisations, businesses and academics.

This report compares the costs of emission reduction in Australia relative to the potential damages from climate change under current policy settings.

Over six seminars Prof Garnaut built the case for the energy transition in Australia, calling on knowledge of climate science and studies of the economic benefits of mitigation.

Melbourne is famed for its liveability. However, high population growth in the outer fringe, with a lack of infrastructure funding to cater for that growth, is widening gaps in opportunities between inner and outer suburbs of Melbourne.

This discussion paper identifies some key opportunities for state and territory-level governments in Australia to work towards fostering strong economies that facilitate deep emissions reductions by 2050.