Issues

We currently focus on four main issues: disarmament and security, climate change and energy, questions of who controls science and technology and issues surrounding new and emerging technologies. You will also see that we work on some other issues too. You can explore these with the menu on the left of this page and with the search function. Material in this section includes all SGR's main outputs since 2005, with a selection of the more important material from before then.

Greenpeace Legal Action over UK Energy Review: SGR Letter

Letter to John Sauven, Greenpeace, re Legal action over the UK Energy Review 2006

Text of a letter sent on 11th October 2006 by Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR
 

Debunking the myths of the climate sceptics

Notes for a Workshop given by Dr Stuart Parkinson , SGR, at the Camp for Climate Action

27 August, 2006
 

 

Climate Science for Beginners (Aug 2006)

Notes for a Workshop given by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, at the Camp for Climate Action

, 27 August 2006
 

Divert military finance to fund Lord Rees' new energy research initiative

Press release, 4 August 2006
 

GM co-existence: SGR response

SGR Submission, written by Eva Novotny, to the Consultation on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops, July 2006
 

Not enough skilled workers to build new UK nuclear power stations?

Now that the government has confirmed (in case there was anyone left who doubted it) that it wants new nuclear power stations built in the UK, Stuart Parkinson asks whether there will be enough engineers and scientists to deliver them?

Article from July 2006
 

Challenging the nuclear future

Philip Webber and Stuart Parkinson summarise the recent developments surrounding nuclear weapons and nuclear power in the UK.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 32, June 2006

 

From space weapons to basic human needs – technology and the security agenda

Dave Webb, Leeds Metropolitan University, argues that the huge imbalance between the resources available to the military and those devoted to meeting basic human needs urgently has to change. As an illustration of the misdirection of scientific and technological effort, he discusses some of the latest military technologies such as space weapons.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 32, June 2006
 

Nuclear power: they can’t be serious (Jun 2006)

Mark Whitby argues that energy should be ‘invested’ to maximise its return and that against this imperative, nuclear power does not compare well with renewable energy options.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 32, June 2006
 

Building confidence in the nuclear age

Alan Cottey, University of East Anglia, recommends a new look at Niels Bohr’s early ideas concerning openness on nuclear issues as a path to international confidence and a new world order.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 32, June 2006