UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 is about making sure everyone has access to affordable and clean energy. One way we can create energy is through wind farms.
But where should we build windfarms?
A new windfarm 20km offshore from Illawarra will have a large impact on the local area. The decision to build the windfarm is affected by the local wildlife, the weather, the landscape, the economy and even the local culture. In deciding whether building it is worth it, we must consider the whole system.
Phebe Fidge is a marine ecologist in Port Kembla who has used systems thinking to do just that. Watch what she has to say and decide what you think.
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Phebe considered not just that seventh UN goal, but also the impact of the project on all these other goals:
