Follow the science: but whose science, and to where?
Reading ‘Science Fictions’ by Stuart Richie, our Assistant Editor Lauren Sneade delves into what happens when academia and the media promote problematic research.
Temporality, fiction and climate – reading Mark Bould’s ‘Anthropocene Unconscious’
Our assistant editor reviews Mark Bould’s new book, ‘The Anthropocene Unconscious’, and questions whether we will be able to solve the climate crisis in time, and with time.
Swamplands: Edward Struzik’s bog book is a call for cultural change
Launching our new culture section, our Assistant Editor reviews the new book on peatlands from Island Press.
Good COP, bad COP: the geopolitical tensions of the Glasgow summit
Our Assistant Editor sets out the diplomatic backdrop to COP26: will international relations be the big stumbling block for global climate policy?
Reforesting Europe would increase rainfall
Elizabeth Lewis (Newcastle University), Edouard Davin and Ronny Meir (both of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) discuss new research on reforestation.
Food and the struggle for Africa’s sovereignty
Jihen Chandoul argues that post-independence clarity on the link between food self-sufficiency and sovereignty offers lessons for today.
Peat bogs: restoring them could slow climate change – and revive a forgotten world
Professor Ian Rotherham (of Sheffield Hallam University) explains why restoring peat bogs is so important for combating climate change via carbon recovery.
The development of Common Agricultural Policy
Professor Wyn Grant assesses the historic influence and changes in Europe’s CAP including its evolving attitude to climate change.
Examining technical and nature-based options for Greenhouse Gas Recovery
Most integrated assessment models seeking to develop emissions pathways for the world to stay under a global average temperature rise of 1.5˚C rely on the removal of significant concentrations of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere by 2050.
A window of opportunity for biocontrol
The EU’s new Biodiversity Strategy contains a vision of ecologically sustainable farming. This provides a window for biocontrol products.
