Dow Sustainability Program

The US Studies Centre established the Dow Sustainability Program in February 2010 with a commitment of US$2,000,000 over three years from The Dow Chemical Company Foundation in the United States.

The Dow Sustainability Program will bring together academic and policy experts from Australia and the US to develop action-oriented solutions to a range of sustainability challenges concerning energy, water, food and biodiversity that are technologically innovative, commercially scalable and politically viable.

The program is being developed by The Honourable Robert Hill, Adjunct Professor in Sustainability at the US Studies Centre, former Minister for the Environment and former Ambassador to the United Nations.

Dr Susan Pond AM, Adjunct Professor at the US Studies Centre and the first person to be appointed to the Sustainability Program, will focus initially on biosequestration and biofuels. The first project will assess the commercial potential and appropriate public policies regarding large scale algae farming.

In association with the Institute of Sustainable Solutions and the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Sydney, the US Studies Centre will develop strategies to combat soil degradation which is reducing agricultural productivity around the world and increasing carbon emissions. Other potential research initiatives include coastal management, rainforest biodiversity and fresh water systems.

The Program will be advised by a group of international experts and will leverage the considerable academic resources in the agricultural, environmental, life and physical sciences of the University of Sydney and other universities in Australia and the US.

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