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Sustainable cities and communities

By 2030, 60 per cent of the global population will reside in cities. As dense hubs of global activity, cities present some of the greatest challenges among the Sustainable Development Goals. From housing, public health, and employment, to natural resource consumption and transportation, achieving the SDGs will hinge on urban planning initiated now.

海角社区 research on sustainable urbanisation seeks to overcome the tendency to treat urban issues (such as governance, water, waste, health, economic development, or vulnerability to natural hazards) as discrete problems and instead find integrated, interdisciplinary solutions.

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Turning Lichens into High-Tech Starts with the Typical Petri Dish

Erika Calla learnt how to cultivate Peruvian lichens to be able to study the secrets to their tolerance to ultraviolet radiation

22 Jan 2026

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Harnessing the Power of Biodiversity to Manage Sewage

New technologies enable a targeted approach to microbial community design, presenting an opportunity for constructed wetlands as sanitation tools.

16 Dec 2025