Anneleen Kenis, Brunel University London and Barbara Van Dyck, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) The European Commission launched a proposal in July 2023 to deregulate a large number of plants manufactured using new genetic techniques. Despite extraordinary attempts by the … Continue reading
Alaa Al Khourdajie, Imperial College London; Chris Bataille, Columbia University, and Lars J Nilsson, Lund University The COP28 climate summit in Dubai has adjourned. The result is “The UAE consensus” on fossil fuels. This text, agreed upon by delegates from … Continue reading
Saikat Paul/Shutterstock Radhika Khosla, University of Oxford Cast your eyes over the statistics in a new report I helped author on staying cool in a warming climate and the urgency becomes clear: 1 billion people, mostly in Africa and Asia, … Continue reading
Sadi-Santos/Shutterstock Alain Naef, ESSEC There is “no science” behind demands to phase out fossil fuels, according to the current COP president. This level of cynicism at the top of the annual climate summit makes it less surprising that the conference … Continue reading
Great tits are familiar visitors to gardens. allanw/Shutterstock Hannah Watson, Lund University Every day, throughout the world, people put huge quantities of food out at feeding stations for birds and other wild animals. Although we know that connecting with nature … Continue reading
