By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member Finally, on the last day of the Ecosummit, the organisers presented a ‘Beijing declaration’, which called for more environmentally sensitive development and highlighted the…
ECOSUMMIT DAY 4: BEIJING DECLARATION
ECOSUMMIT DAY 3: TRADITION AND INNOVATION HAND-IN-HAND
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member From the role of ‘ancient wisdom’ in responding to climate change to the challenges of planning a sustainable Beijing to 2050, a recognition of…
ECOSUMMIT DAY 2: ECOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND NEOLITHIC PATHWAYS TO UNSUSTAINABILITY
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member The latest theory and practice in ecological science, topped the bill on Day 2 of the Ecosummit, as well as some “big picture” viewpoints…
ECOSUMMIT DAY 1: DAVID, GOLIATH & THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF ECOLOGY
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member The first morning of the EcoSummit 2007 started with a plenary session of four “state of the art” keynotes, delivered to a packed hall…
ECOSUMMIT 2007: BRUSSELS TO BEIJING BY LAND ON THE TRANS-MONGOLIAN EXPRESS
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member I was keen to try and cut my carbon footprint in coming to Beijing for the Ecosummit and had been lucky enough to find…
ECOSUMMIT 2007, BEIJING: LIVE BLOG
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member I am in China on the eve of Ecosummit 2007 attending the conference in Beijing to represent STEPS. For the next two months, I…
STARTING WITH THE SEED – BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY
By JOHN THOMPSON, STEPS Centre member Each year, the 22nd of May is celebrated as the ‘International Day for Biological Diversity’. This year’s theme has been designated as ‘Biological Diversity…
RISK IN INDIA: NEW CROP TECHNOLOGIES OR NEW DISEASE?
By ESHA SHAH, STEPS Centre member A deadly strain of disease has been identified as spreading fast across the wheat fields of Asia and Africa and scientists are worried that…
RISK IN INDIA: NEW PHARMACEUTICALS & PATENT LAW
By ESHA SHAH, STEPS Centre member Controversy over the extent to which private pharmaceutical interests can creep into the debates around public good has arisen recently here in India. A…
RISK, UNCERTAINTY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN INDIA
By ESHA SHAH, STEPS Centre member Our time is marked by a rapid technological change and associated anxieties about public and private risks, a significant part of which remain uncertain…