Miscellaneous reflections on the first day of the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference, embracing Lord Giddens, Twitter and Wordsworth.
Planetary boundaries or opportunities?
The Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference has opened with a blunt dilemma. Signs of improvement in our environmental stewardship are insufficient to halt the slide towards the limits.
Scientists welcome Anthropocene with less science, more solutions
The world’s leading earth scientists have been summoned to a London conference in a last ditch attempt to influence the outcome of the UN summit on the future of people and the planet in Rio de Janeiro in June.
Scientists shrink from the economics of ecosystems
We all know that GDP is unfit for the purpose of measuring progress. Should scientists at the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference be doing more to promote the research results of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)?
Conference notes: 22nd March
Today’s jottings about the forthcoming Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference. The delegation from Arizona wants to “recast” the science research agenda. And the Global Warming Policy Foundation wants to recast the policy briefs published for the event.
Is Rio+20 capable of a constitutional moment?
The Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference opening in London next week will debate recommendations for the institutional framework for sustainable development published by the Earth System Governance Project. These call for a “constitutional moment” at the Rio+20 summit.
Planet Under Pressure Conference Notes: 15th March
News about the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference, including the harassment of Richard Black and Will Steffen by climate sceptics, the travails of the minister for science, David Willetts, and news that Max Burgers will be attending.
Rio+20: stay calm and carry on for last 100 days
As the political temperature rises in the run-up to the Rio+20 conference, there are pitfalls for the unwary.
Luddite spirit invoked by alternative Planet Under Pressure conference
Inspired by the bicentenary of the Luddite rebellion, the Rio+20 Teach-in is an event that questions the concept of a green economy and provokes the science establishment gathering at the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference.
Conference notes: 12th March
Speculation about the keynote speech to open the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference.