Environmental news and comment
Speech by Mark Lynas at the Breakthrough Dialogue 2015, Cavallo Point, San Francisco 8.30am, 22 June 2015 Ladies and gentlemen, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was…
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By Mark Lynas, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger In recent years, liberals and progressives have seen Pope Francis as a breath of fresh air — and with good reason. He has taken stronger action than his predecessors against child abuse…
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Africa desperately needs agricultural modernisation. With the most rapidly growing population in the world and hundreds of millions still suffering malnutrition, African leaders cannot afford to close the door to innovation. Poverty is endemic and “yield gaps” mean that African…
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This week sees governments meeting in Bonn, Germany for the last negotiating session in advance of November’s UN meeting on climate change in Paris – billed as the best chance in a generation for a worldwide treaty to tackle global…
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