Posts from 2011

‘Geoengineering the Climate – Science, Governance & Uncertainty’

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‘Geoengineering the Climate – Science, Governance & Uncertainty’ is a report published by the Royal Society in September 2009.

International Space Station (ISS)

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The start of construction of the International Space Station (ISS)

Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development founded

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Founded in 1991 as a response to the dramatic political changes in the region, the Environmental Partnership for Central Europe (as it was first called) initially aimed to identify key…

National Innovation Council for Competitiveness, Chile

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The National Innovation Council for Competitiveness is a public-private partnership that acts as permanent adviser to the President of the Republic of Chile.

‘Putting Africa First: The Making of African Innovation Systems’

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Publication of the book, Putting Africa First: The Making of African Innovation Systems (2003)

Kyoto Protocol

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The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body tasked with reviewing and assessing the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change.

“Limits to Growth Forum”, Sussex, 11 March 2011

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The ‘Limits to Growth Forum’ brought together a series of expert speakers to address the inherent problems of our current economic system, and explore the possible alternatives for ‘beyond growth’…

SCIENCE & INTOLERANCE

Nathan Oxley

John Beddington, the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor, said earlier this month that scientists should be “grossly intolerant” towards “pseudoscience” and suggested that the media gives too much space to…