Filed under: Opinion & Analysis
Longer arguments, reviews and commentary on the ideas shaping technology, food and the environment.
Agroecology on the farm: what changes, season by season
Agroecology is a practice before it is a policy. What changes on a working farm, the FAO's ten elements in plain words, and the trade-offs to admit.
Bring back technology assessment
Congress closed its technology office in 1995. AI and synthetic biology make the case for public, independent foresight stronger than ever.
A very dirty green: how business got a seat at the UN table
From the Global Compact to Davos and the climate COPs: how companies won a seat at the UN table, and what to ask when a summit unveils a coalition.
From Durban to Baku: the long life of 'climate apartheid'
Critics called the 2011 Durban climate deal 'climate apartheid'. The deal led to Paris, the phrase reached the UN. Who carries the risk in 2025?
The cool, the concerned and everyone else: public voice in synthetic biology
Early synthetic biology split into enthusiasts and critics. Most people were in neither camp. What two decades of asking the public has taught.
The risky road to Rio+20, and what the summit actually left behind
Critics warned in 2011 that Rio+20 would hand nature to the market. What did the 2012 summit really produce, and how has its green economy aged?
