Professor Karen O’Brien: People are the most powerful solution to climate change
In a new video, Karen O'Brien shares her perspective on why all kinds of behavioural changes are important, and how to encourage them.
03.09.2021
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In a new video, Karen O'Brien shares her perspective on why all kinds of behavioural changes are important, and how to encourage them.
03.09.2021
Progress on preventing malaria has slowed, with some African countries reporting an increase in cases. Could genetically programmed 'protector' mosquitos be one way to reduce the threat?
02.09.2021
Dr Wassim Dbouk explores the issues around the decarbonization of the shipping industry, where market-based measures are a hotly debated topic.
27.08.2021
The free and responsible practice of science is fundamental to human and environmental well-being. As such, the ISC is gravely concerned for Greek economist and statistician Dr. Andreas Georgiou, who faces ongoing legal proceedings related to his tenure as President of Greece’s national statistical office from 2010-2015.
24.08.2021
Asgeir Barlaup and Valeria Zambianchi argue that it is crucial to move beyond the current understanding of carbon pricing and acknowledge its limitations, in order to mitigate the climate crisis and better design effective policies.
20.08.2021
Coastal communities in the Arctic are particularly vulnerable to climate hazards as this Northern region is experiencing rates of climate change more rapid than anywhere else on earth. What’s worse, scholars warn that coastal vulnerability in the North will likely increase as some degree of further climate change is inevitable, even with ambitious mitigation efforts.
19.08.2021
In the context of increasing evidence that we are nearing climate 'tipping points', or abrupt changes in the Earth system, J. David Tàbara explores the idea of positive tipping points that could shift societies on to a more sustainable path, asking how they come about, and how they could be enacted for transformative change.
12.08.2021
Writing in <i>Global Policy</i>, Joshua B. Horton argues that developing countries have the most to gain and to lose from resolving the impasse stalling global governance for geoengineering, and that a degree of international coordination is required.
12.08.2021
The 9th of August was the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, and this year the focus was on “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract.” We spoke to Meg Parsons about what it would really take to work towards a new social contract in science-policy spaces.
10.08.2021
The Sixth Assessment Report from Working Group 1 is released with a stark warning for policy-makers. The science community stands ready to assist by acting as information brokers.
09.08.2021