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Policy report

Runaway train: the impact of WA’s LNG industry on meeting our Paris targets and national efforts to tackle climate change


This report presents the first thorough investigation of direct carbon emissions from Western Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry, revealing alarming growth in pollution that is placing Australia’s Paris Agreement targets in jeopardy.
Report

Putting the ‘justice’ in ‘just transition’: tackling inequality in the new renewable economy focuses


In this report, unions from the maritime, energy and manufacturing sectors outline a series of steps to not only encourage the use of offshore wind to reduce carbon emissions, but take advantage of the emerging industry to diversify the job opportunities for workers and communities which are currently reliant on coal, oil and gas.
Briefing paper

What do our users need? An evidence-based approach for designing new services


This paper serves as an introduction to Ithaka S+R's methodological approach, walks through the phases of work in the Community College Libraries & Academic Support for Student Success (CCLASSS) project to illustrate in practice the steps involved, and suggests how others can adapt this process for their own context.
Report

Online disinformation and political discourse: applying a human rights framework


Although some digital platforms now have an impact on more people’s lives than does any one state authority, the international community has been slow to hold to account these platforms’ activities by reference to human rights law. This paper examines how human rights frameworks should guide digital technology.
Briefing paper

Watching Huawei’s “Safe Cities”


Huawei’s “Safe City” products have fueled concerns that China is “exporting authoritarianism.”