This ESPAS (European Strategy & Policy Analysis System) Conference took place in Brussels on 14/15 October. As ever, the Conference was packed full of excellent presentations and panels. This is…
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New Scientist Live 2019 - a Review
After spending two full days at this year’s event, I was reminded of a quote from Mark Stevenson’s 2011 book (Stevenson, Mark, “An Optimist’s Guide to the Future”, Profile Books,…
Climate emergency - innovative technology responses
It may well be that de-carbonising the power networks and electrifying transport are not sufficient to keep global temperature rise below the “safe” level of 2°C. So some are turning…
Radical Visions of Future Government
There is something wrong with government. The UK has been paralysed by a single political issue for some four years; there are moves to impeach the US president; the EU…
Climate Emergency – Transport Initiatives
In 2016, the transport sector contributed 27% of total EU-28 greenhouse gas emissions. Transport emissions fell from 2008 to 2013, but have since climbed and are close to the 2007…
Space hotels and Androids: Samsung’s KX50 project
Foresight is a difficult subject. Scenarios should be grounded in fact, drawing the lessons of today and yesterday out into the future in ways which are genuinely useful and thought-provoking.…