Context is everything. It can mean the difference between a successful project and one that fails to innovate. For early adopters of water-sensitive urban design, establishing context is paramount. [ + ]

Establishing corporate management practices with a focus on water stewardship is critical. Risk from having too much or too little water is now a boardroom issue. [ + ]

Economic growth has long been mankind's cultural norm; however, that is coming to an end, according to Dr Kaushik Sridhar, KPMG corporate responsibility & sustainability manager. In this article, Dr Sridhar discusses what the new economy must look like in order to mitigate damages from climate change. [ + ]

The fourth Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction has recently been announced. This matters immensely for the waste and local government sectors. [ + ]

Power plants that underestimate their greenhouse gas emissions could soon be exposed, thanks to New Zealanders who have found a way to verify power plants' self-reported emissions simply by looking at the grass growing nearby. [ + ]

A European research project led by Chalmers University of Technology has launched a set of tools that will make computer systems more energy efficient. [ + ]

The federal and state governments have announced funding for a new rating tool for apartment buildings that will drive sustainability upgrades, resulting in greenhouse gas reductions and bill savings. [ + ]

As part of an accelerating trend in sustainable development, the world now adds more renewable energy capacity than fossil fuel generation annually. With solar photovoltaics (PV) solutions leading the charge, the primary drivers of this transformation have been positive policy conditions in key markets and dramatic reductions in the installed cost per unit energy of PV technologies. [ + ]

Climate change is likely to worsen the systemic disadvantages suffered by rural and regional communities and further widen the gap between rural and urban areas, according to a report by the Climate Council. [ + ]

Over the past five years, Waterfind has identified a shift in the way that irrigators manage their water assets through the trade of permanent and temporary water. [ + ]

The Victorian Government's waste planning reforms are worthy of comment and polite plagiarism by other jurisdictions, according to MRA Consulting's Mike Ritchie. [ + ]

Ecocentric Energy CEO Tim Bray says it's little wonder that our trust in political leaders to do the right thing and make the right decisions about our future has been shaken to the core. [ + ]

University of Auckland researcher Sina Mashinchi has claimed that a carbon tax targeting emissions-intensive industries, along with a revamped emissions trading scheme (ETS), could boost economic growth. [ + ]

A number of businesses are burdened with the rising cost of energy bills, with significant impacts to their bottom line. [ + ]

Heathrow Airport Water Services Department trialled and installed Xylem's latest Flygt wastewater pumping system in an effort to solve chronic clogging issues at one of the airport's wastewater pumping stations. As well as delivering consistently clog-free pumping, the system also reduced energy consumption by 53% at the pumping station. [ + ]