While progress has been made in electricity access, 675 million are yet to be connected and 2.3 billion use polluting fuels for cooking. Renewable energy is increasingly viable. Our current reliance on fossil fuels is unsustainable and harmful to the planet, which is why we have to change the way we produce and consume energy.
Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to tackling global challenges around SDG 7 Affordable and clean energy. Below are some of our outputs supporting this goal.
CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL, FABBY TUMIWA, MUSTAFA SAYED, MUHAMMAD AULIA ANIS, RIKA ISNARTI AND UMAR FAROOQ | 20-MINUTE READ | Download PDF… Read More
Debt-for-nature swaps (DNS) are gaining new momentum as tools to tackle sovereign debt crises and biodiversity loss — but can they deliver real-world results? Christoph Nedopil and Tianshu Sun explore how DNS scholarship is evolving post-COVID, moving beyond conceptual policy ideas toward the need for empirical, interdisciplinary research. From emerging creditors like China to innovative blue bonds and climate-smart swaps, this field is ripe for rigorous study and practical insights. Read More
MANEKA JAYASINGHE, ROHAN BEST, SELVA SELVANATHAN AND SAROJA SELVANATHAN | Energy transition is a critical global challenge intersecting with many United Nations… Read More
CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL, GLORIA GE AND DIAN TJONDRONEGORO | There is no time to waste. As we finalised the Griffith Asia Pacific… Read More
SAMIA ZAHRA, SELVA SELVANATHAN, RAKESH GUPTA AND MANEKA JAYASINGHE, | As climate change accelerates, the pressure on countries to transition to a greener… Read More
MENGDI YUE AND CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL | 40 MINUTE READ | Download PDF 1. Introduction In 2024, green finance in China… Read More
Download PDF CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL | Key findings 2024 saw the highest BRI engagement ever, with USD70.7 billion in construction contracts and… Read More
MOHD AVI HOSSAIN AND IYANATUL ISLAM | 20-MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007-2009 and COVID-19 of… Read More
SHAWN HUNTER | Asia is at a crossroads. As the region with the fastest-growing energy demand in the world, its choices in the coming years… Read More
CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL | Accelerating Indonesia’s green energy transition is one of the most challenging and crucial tasks in reducing climate emissions in Asia. At… Read More
