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The principles of social inclusion have been embraced by institutions across the higher education sector but their translation into practice through pedagogy is not readily apparent. This paper examines perceptions of social inclusion and inclusive pedagogies held by academic staff at an Australian university. Of specific interest were the perceptions of teaching staff with regard to diverse student populations, particularly students from low socio-economic (LSES) backgrounds, given the institution's reasonably high proportion of LSES student enrolment (14%). A mixed-method approach was utilised: (i) in-depth interviews with a representative sample of academic staff and (ii) an online survey targeting all academic staff across the institution. The results point to the dual responsibilities of students and institutions in enacting inclusivity in order to move beyond reductive standpoints that simply apportion blame.

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Limiting climate change to less than 1.5 o C would require vast quantities of CO2 storage in subsurface geological formations. Global injection rates projected by integrated assessment models synthesised in IPCC reports are on the order of ten gigatonnes per year by 2050. Industrial experience with megatonne per year storage projects allows us to evaluate the feasibility and potential limitations of a transition to the gigatonne scale. The successes with CO2 have also led to interest in new energy technologies using subsurface fluids, including hydrogen storage underground. We review the role of subsurface CO2 and H2 storage in a sustainable energy transition. We have found that current deployment demonstrates the viability of CO2 storage in a variety of geological, social, economic, and technological contexts, and is making contributions to climate change mitigation today commensurate with the impact of solar photovoltaics in the USA market. The implications of this are that CO2 storage is well positioned to play an important role in the energy transition, and H2 storage may benefit from this experience. However, these are not certain outcomes, with many hurdles -the development of multi-site regional scale storage, viable business models for accelerated deployment, demonstrating environmental sustainability and achieving societal acceptability -yet to be addressed.