#Sustainable development

Fava beans in someone's hand

A $25bn economic opportunity for our food and agribusiness industry

CSIRO Futures Lead Economist, Dr Katherine Wynn, discusses how investment and innovation in Australian agribusiness could drive billions of dollars in economic growth.

How to bend the curve of future biodiversity loss

New research, published today in Nature, shows that it's possible to both feed the world and bend the curve on biodiversity loss.

A fishing boat (left) and a blast explosion in the water (right)

Artificial and human intelligence used to tackle illegal fishing

CSIRO is working with Microsoft and fisheries experts to harness robot and human-derived intelligence in the fight against illegal fishing.

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An unexpected crisis that could change our cities

COVID-19 is a health and economic crisis that’s taken the world by surprise. Yet this wicked problem may also be an opportunity for Australia to invest in new types of urban infrastructure to make cities smarter, greener, safer, and healthier.

A woman carrying watre on her back from the Bagmati River in Nepal

Pandemic prompts need for more water security in South Asia

Access to clean water has never been so important in South Asia. But for millions of residents it continues to be a daily struggle.

offshore oil and gas platform in the ocean

Decommissioning offshore oil and gas infrastructure: liability or opportunity?

Can the rigs of today become the reefs of tomorrow? CSIRO is working with industry partners to explore the future of our oil and gas infrastructure.

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A unique collaboration explores the future of our oceans

What if we could imagine a better, more sustainable future for our oceans? Future Seas 2030 is an innovative, interdisciplinary project doing exactly that.

An overhead shot of a baled field.

How community level transition planning is critical for recovery and resilience in drought affected regions

Regional communities can make necessary changes in response to droughts and other related challenges including the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic using a transition planning approach that builds their resilience and sustainability into the future.

Locating the hotspot for groundwater arsenic pollution

A new computer model to predict arsenic pollution will help to support water management decisions and develop new arsenic remediation strategies.