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Anchors cause damage to seafloor

High-resolution mapping has produced the first ever global estimates of coastal habitat damage caused by anchoring.

Emissions reduction plan lacks strategy

The newly released Emissions Reduction Plan was supposed to get real about urgent climate action – and it partially achieves this, but only partially.

Creating healthy and sustainable cities

A ground-breaking study has benchmarked urban planning policies that promote health and sustainability in cities around the globe.

Rotuman Language Week 2022

The first episode of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – has been released for Rotuman Language Week.

2022 Pacific Language Weeks

AUT is proud to participate in the 2022 Pacific Language Weeks series. This year’s theme is ‘sustainability’.

AUT rises in global impact rankings

AUT has again been ranked amongst the world’s leading universities in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, rising 16 places from last year.

Five questions with Lefaoali’i Dion Enari

We asked him five questions about his research and the importance of placing sustainability at the heart of research activity.

AUT wins global sustainability award

An AUT initiative that has overhauled practical sustainability has been recognised at the inaugural 2021 Green Impact International Special Awards.

NZ Tree intel in your pocket, even offline

AUT’s popular NZ Trees app has been updated with more than double the number of native plants now included as well as an offline feature.

Graduate and AUT help Tongan recovery

An AUT engineering graduate living in Tonga reached out to AUT staff to help reconnect vital communications following the devastating volcanic eruption.