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.

The Kyoto Protocol - What the world agreed to do about climate change (at least for now!)

Article by Stuart Parkinson, SGR, from SGR Newletter 17, March 1998
 

SGR Position Statement on Climate Change 1997

November 1997
 

Climate Engineering: A critical review of proposals, their scientific and political context, and possible impacts

Article by Ben Matthews, SGR, November 1996

This in-depth article discusses large-scale "technical fixes" proposed for offsetting global warming, such as fertilisation of ocean algae, reflection of sunlight with stratospheric dust, or pumping liquid CO2 into the deep oceans. The paper considers the possible impact both on climatic feedback processes, and also on climate science and climate politics. It concludes by asking whether it is wise to continue such research.
 

Climate Change: The Inter/Intra-National Politics of Contraction and Convergence

Presentation by Aubrey Meyer, Global Commons Institute at SGR conference, November 1996