Tag : climate-change
Climate change is undoing the gains India made from the green revolution. In this extract from his book, Race for Tomorrow, Simon Mundy talks about how, in the struggle to respond, companies like Mahyco are experimenting with genetic engineering to create new super-crops
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February 4, 2022: Where is the Indian media?; Coffee and climate change; Catastrophe
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November 10, 2021: The real game of life; Parents’ guide to Instagram; Life imitates art
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November 5, 2021: Greta’s Dilemma; Work-life relationships; Summits explained
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November 3, 2021: Solving climate crisis needs new tools; The cult of haters; Truth tellers
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November 2, 2021: Before pay hike, comes the homework; The immediate concerns of climate change; What’s in a name?
Solutions for problems such as climate change are unlikely to come from experts who rely on numbers, and from economists who rely on self-interest and the invisible hand for progress. This is part of a zero sum, competitive, narrative. But nature is complex and insists on cooperation
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October 28, 2021: A post-pandemic wish list; Amitav Ghosh on unnoticed impacts of climate change; Corporate life
The world needs new explanations of how complex systems evolve to save itself from catastrophe. Theories of progress must put cooperation—at all levels—in the foreground, and look beyond national self-interest
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August 11, 2021: The modern age; An education emergency; Code Red: Innovating for sustainability; Read the fine print
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