Goal 2 - Zero Hunger

Conventional farming in developing countries contributes to climate change and environment deterioration while bringing negative health effects to both farmers and consumers. Arguable it will not solve the problem of food security.

Increasing global populations and changing dietary preferences make it imperative to find a nutritious and sustainable alternative to current animal-based protein sources.

RMIT University Student Union (RUSU) is run by students for students and receives financial grants from RMIT to complete its work.

YWaste is an app that facilitates the discounted sale of end-of-day food from quick serve restaurants (QSRs) to consumers, rather than the food going to landfill.

RMIT has developed an alternative water desalination and irrigation system.

Globally, natural disasters kill an average of 60,000 people per year. Ninety-five per cent of disaster related deaths occur in developing countries.

Landcare, a grassroots community-led approach to sustainable land management, began in Australia in 1986.

This ACIAR project aims to use community-based extension to improve farmers livelihoods in western Mindanao (Philippines).

Nanotechnologies – the purposeful engineering of matter close to the atomic or molecular scale – have given rise to great expectations in recent years, unlocking new research opportunities in areas as diverse as energy, healthcare, electronics, food, and construction.

RMIT urban health scholars are partnering with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to develop and test a suite of open source 'urban liveability' indicators aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Climate change has been widely recognized as a main impediment for progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

This research project examines the inter-relationships between land tenure and climate vulnerability.