There are many serious and challenging sustainability issues facing the world today—climate change, energy, water management, accelerated growth and development in emerging countries—that have the potential to impact our world for generations to come.

In response, Alcoa Foundation has created a global program that will make a significant contribution to improving knowledge and building leaders in the field of conservation and sustainability.

Dozens of academic and practitioner fellows are currently conducting breakthrough research all over the world as part of Alcoa Foundation's Conservation & Sustainability Fellowship Program. Through the program's combination of pure and applied research and unique interdisciplinary structure, these fellows are not only defining the challenges but also working on the appropriate responses to give decision makers usable information that takes into account a whole range of issues.

From Australia to Zambia, the program's fellows are tackling issues that have local impact and global implications.

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