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…

AAAS DAY 4: IN PURSUIT OF COOPERATION

BY JOHN THOMPSON, STEPS Centre member AAAS Day 4: Sunday 18 Feb 2007   One of the highlights of the entire conference was an evening plenary lecture by Mohamed Hassan,…

AAAS DAY 2: NEW UNIT OF MEASURE – “THE RUMSFELD”

BY JOHN THOMPSON, STEPS Centre memberAAAS Day 2: Friday 16 Feb 2007 In a wide-ranging lecture on “The Intersection of Burgeoning Human Populations and Natural Hazards, Caltech geologist Kerry Sieh…

AAAS DAY 2: IMPROVING WATER MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE

BY JOHN THOMPSON, STEPS Centre member AAAS Day 2: Friday 16 Feb 2007 Another interesting session looked at the challenge of producing more food with less water by improving water…

AAAS DAY 2: BIOENERGY TO THE RESCUE?

BY JOHN THOMPSON, STEPS Centre member AAAS Day 2: Friday 16 Feb 2007 Renewable energy from biomass is all the rage these days, with policy makers from Brazil to the…

AAAS DAY 2: SO MANY SESSIONS, SO LITTLE TIME

BY JOHN THOMPSON, STEPS Centre member AAAS Day 2: Friday 16 Feb 2007 The challenge at a conference of the size and scope of this year’s AAAS annual meeting is…

AAAS DAY 1: HOLDREN & THE 10% ‘TITHE’

BY JOHN THOMPSON, STEPS Centre memberAAAS Day 1: Thursday 15 Feb 2007 AAAS President John P. Holdren (pictured right) used his presidential address to urge swift action to build a…