What do we want? Evidence based policy! When do we want it? After peer review! My personal high point of the London March for Science must have been when someone started chanting that. So witty. So good. I attended the March for Science in London...
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5 reasons the Right should be pro climate action
Lately there’s been a lot of talk about political polarisation and ideological bubbles. Brexit in the UK, Trump in America and an apparent withering of the centre ground across Europe while people increasingly go to the radical Right or Left. As...
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In the face of extremism, we need unity. Our future depends on it.
Today, I’m feeling sad and reflective. Partly because I’m going to a funeral, and partly because of the horrific attack on Westminster yesterday. I’m sad for the victims and their families and the witnesses, and I’m shaken because of the powerful...
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What Actually is the Paris Agreement on Climate Change?
Yay for the Paris Agreement! … Wait. What actually is that? If you’ve read anything much about climate issues, you’ve probably come across the term ‘Paris Agreement’ – aka ‘Paris Accord’, ‘Paris...
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