‘Polite littering’ is a rubbish problem – here’s why the British approach to tackling clean ups is not working

Some littering is conscious, some is created unintentionally. Tackling the reason it was created could make clean-up tactics more effective.

Randa Lindsey Kachef, Lecturer in Geography, King's College London • conversation
today ~6 min

To tackle climate change Labour must rebuild the planning system – not ‘bulldoze’ it

Public goods like clean air and a stable climate demand more democratic planning, not less.

Gareth Fearn, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester • conversation
yesterday ~8 min


The UK’s Climate Change Act, once the envy of the world, faces a stress test

Looming carbon budget deadlines pose a challenge for the UK’s flagship climate legislation.

Rebecca Willis, Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University • conversation
April 24, 2024 ~5 min

AI-powered ‘deep medicine’ could transform healthcare in the NHS and reconnect staff with their patients

The concept of deep medicine would use AI to free up staff, benefiting patient care.

Will Jones, Director of Research and Lecturer in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM), University of Hull • conversation
April 24, 2024 ~7 min

New EU trade rules could put poor countries in a billion dollar ‘green squeeze’

Well-intentioned green trade policies can have adverse consequences.

Jodie Keane, Senior Research Fellow, International Economic Development Group, ODI • conversation
April 24, 2024 ~7 min

Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back

Understanding Berlin’s nuclear exit, one year on.

Trevelyan Wing, Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics and Centre Researcher at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), University of Cambridge • conversation
April 23, 2024 ~8 min

‘I might as well stop and diversify into holiday lets’ – new research reveals the reality of farming after Brexit

Some farmers are bewildered and anxious about changes to the way they work.

Deema Refai, Associate Professor in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, University of Leeds • conversation
April 23, 2024 ~7 min

Nasa to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars – here’s why it must and will go ahead

There’s anxiety among space scientists following Nasa’s decision to rethink sample return mission from Mars.

John Bridges, Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester • conversation
April 22, 2024 ~7 min


A global plastics treaty is being negotiated in Ottawa this week – here’s the latest

The treaty focuses on ending plastic pollution, not eliminating the use of plastics. But some countries are more ambitious than others.

Steve Fletcher, Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy, University of Portsmouth • conversation
April 22, 2024 ~8 min

Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding – the storm was far too big to be human-made

Some parts of the Gulf experienced 18 months of rain in a single day.

Richard Washington, Professor of Climate Science, University of Oxford • conversation
April 19, 2024 ~6 min

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