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Navigating expanded nuclear power generation will require stronger and better safeguards while making sensible use of new technologies.

China changes tack on water politics

Long a source of tension with its neighbours, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation.

The building industry is a substantial contributor to pollution. Making it sustainable and more eco-friendly has many challenges.

As cities grow and heat up, it’s time to get rid of your air-conditioner and have more plants in your homes.

What makes cities work? It is not the historic monuments or grand architecture but something far more prosaic. Q and A with Prof Brett Neilson.