From climate change to peak oil and food insecurity, our societies are confronted with many serious challenges that, if left unresolved, will threaten the well-being of present and future generations, and the natural world.

Shaping Tomorrow's World

The Shaping Tomorrow's World program provides a platform for re-examining some of the assumptions we make about our technological, social and economic systems.

Shaping tomorrow's world is dedicated to discussion of those challenges and potential solutions based on scientific evidence and scholarly analysis. The program was made possible by a grant from the Vice Chancellor of the University of Western Australia and by the support of the Institute of Sustainability and Technology Policy at Murdoch University.

Interesting climate science online resources

• Scientific information on climate change, relying entirely on peer-reviewed literature, can be found at Skeptical Science.
• Australians may be particularly interested in The Conversation, a website written by academics across all disciplines to contribute to the national conversation about current affairs.
• Insurers the world over are familiar with the risks posed by climate change.
• The German Advisory Council on Global Change provides a set of in-depth analyses of how to manage global change.
• Sustainable Energy Now is a Western Australian organisation dedicated to the research and promotion of practical, affordable strategies for the adoption of renewable energy.
• Have you ever wondered what a "green economy" would look like? UNEP, the United Nations Environment Program, will tell you.

UWA websites

• Oceans Institute

External websites

• Climate Scientists Australia
• Real climate
• Climateshifts (UQ)
• Met Office Hadley Centre (UK)
• The National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA)
• Australian Science Media Centre
• Royal Institution of Australia
• Safe Climate Australia
• Yale Climate Media Forum