Ms Nikki den Exter1 1University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia   With clearing and habitat loss from urban and peri-urban development increasingly recognised as key drivers of declining biodiversity, effective biodiversity conservation relies upon the integration of biodiversity into local land...

Ms Bernadetta Devi1 1Queensland University Of Technology,   The discourse of mining and sustainable development has significantly evolved in the past three decades with the latest progress for the inclusion of societal development goals such as social and environmental sustainability. ...

Prof. Fiona Haslam Mckenzie1, Prof Neil Argent2, Prof Sean  Markey3, Prof Greg Halseth4, Dr Laura Ryser5 1University Of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, 2University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 3Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 4University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George...

Miss Paris Hadfield1 1University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia   This paper asks whether and how non-capitalist financial logics emerge in the scaling up of renewable energy in cities to explore the heterogeneity of financialisation in sustainability transitions. Financialisation logics constitute...

Dr Gradon Diprose1, Dr Kelly Dombroski2 1Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Wellington, New Zealand, 2University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand   In November 2017, the Christchurch based urban farm and social enterprise Cultivate, raised $165,127 via Pledgeme to expand their composting...

Dr Ryan Jones1, Dr Tom Baker1, Prof Laurence Murphy1 1University of Auckland   In a short amount of time, green bonds have become a preferred solution to inter-locking challenges of environmental sustainability, social cohesion and economic growth. Tagged to projects...

Dr Sophie Webber1 1University Of Sydney   Over the last decade the World Bank has struggled to reinvent itself as its relevance and impact wanes. During this period, the Bank’s lending has been proportionally dwarfed by other kinds of financial...

Ms Pia Treichel1 1University of Melbourne, School of Geography, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia   The latest funding commitment in the international climate agreements is for $100bn/year to be delivered to developing countries for climate action by 2020, with the bulk of...

Dr Gareth Bryant1 1The University Of Sydney   This paper will contribute to the session by discussing the experience of the biggest global experiment in green finance to date: the European carbon market and its links with international offsetting schemes....

Ms Anna Tweeddale1 1RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia   The phenomenon of construction connects a moment of tranquil suburbia with the pisolithic geology of bauxite through refined aluminium. Situated on a plinth of steel-reinforced concrete, the lightweight extension of House A...