Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

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Australia-Mekong Water Facility – Technical support to improve reservoir water quality management in Thailand

6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

Thailand faces challenges with managing water quality in many of its reservoirs due to pressure from agricultural, domestic, and industrial pollution coupled with urbanization, increasing demand and climate change. The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) joined Australian experts to gain knowledge and strategies to monitor, prevent and decrease water quality impacts.

Australia Awards Short Course Aus4ASEAN Green Skills in TVET

13 - Climate Action

The Australia Awards Short Course Aus4ASEAN Skills Forecasting for the Fourth Industrial Revolution was delivered under the Australian Governments Digital Transformation and Future Skills initiative, as part of a package aimed at supporting Australia’s Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the Association of South Asian Nations (ASEAN). The course was delivered to…

Australia Awards Short Course Aus4ASEAN Skills Forecasting for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

The Australia Awards Short Course Aus4ASEAN Skills Forecasting for the Fourth Industrial Revolution was delivered under the Australian Governments Digital Transformation and Future Skills initiative, as part of a package aimed at supporting Australia’s Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the Association of South Asian Nations (ASEAN). The course was delivered to…

Containers for Change

12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Late in 2022, Griffith University launched a new Containers for Change collection program across its Nathan and Gold Coast campuses. Each bottle donated through the Containers for Change collection bins will raise funds for Griffith’s Brighter Futures Scholarship Program.

Australia Awards Short Course Renewable Energy (Indonesia)

7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

The Australia Awards Renewable Energy Short Course aimed to contribute to the shared ambition of Australia and Indonesia to cooperate more closely to enable transition to lower emission economies and understands that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge. Twenty-five participants from across Indonesia joined course leaders Associate Professor…

Griffith University Women in Engineering

5 - Gender Equality

Griffith University Women in Engineering provides support and development for women in engineering and other STEM fields through networking, mentoring programs, school outreach workshops, professional development events and industry engagement, and social events.

SAGE Cygnet Award on LGBTQIA+ inclusion

10 - Reduced Inequalities

The work completed to achieve a SAGE Cygnet Award aimed to improve outcomes for people of diverse genders, bodies and sexualities (DGBS/LGBTQIA+) staff and students at the university through a range of initiatives such as: – Increasing the availability of LGBTQIA+ inclusion resources and professional development frequency –…

Water and WASH Futures Conference 2023

6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

The Water and WASH Futures Conference 2023 is part of the Water and WASH Futures knowledge forums – a series of knowledge sharing and learning activities for practitioners and professionals in the international water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and water resource management (WRM) sectors. We also encourage and welcome…