by Laura Chevrot, Assistant Editor “An imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized and fearful lives”. The above sentence refers to the meaning of the word dystopia, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Dystopian fiction allows us to think about what the world could become in the future – often, it explores... Continue Reading →
By Anna Hardisty, GLOBUS Correspondent Sustainability - the ‘smart’ way Humans have been obsessed with the idea of artificial intelligence for centuries. C3PO, J.A.R.V.I.S., the Matrix, Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz – these fictional computers and robots, among others, have featured heavily in some of the biggest films of the 20th and 21st... Continue Reading →
How can we reconcile economic theory and market systems with the climate emergency? By Todd Olive, GLOBUS Editor-in-Chief In the first of this series, this correspondent outlines the forgotten, and fundamental, assumption that underlies conventional neoliberal economic theory, and the functioning of modern-day markets: that finite environmental assets underlie every transaction made on our planet.... Continue Reading →
This article is the second of a series of articles by students of GD311 - The Energy Trilemma - selected by Dr Alec Waterworth.
Last year's UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report warned that a global temperature rise of 1.5℃ from pre-industrial levels by around 2030 is a probable, worst-case scenario. In order to stop temperature rise at 1.5℃, the IPCC reported that global CO2 emissions needs to be reduced by 45% by 2030 and that a... Continue Reading →
The author would like to thank Dr. Alastair Smith, Senior Teaching Fellow of the Global Sustainable Development Division at the University of Warwick, for his valued comments On first visit to a supermarket in the United Kingdom, I was surprised to find unfamiliar food sourced from a variety of countries. Born in Japan, I was... Continue Reading →
Editorial Note: GLOBUS, its Members, and where applicable its Guest Writers, fully support, where reasonable, and not in contravention of other conventions, or legal, ethical, or moral institutions, the expression of viewpoints opposed to that which might be construed as the ‘prevailing school of thought’. The author would like to thank Dr. Jessica Savage and... Continue Reading →
Vertical farming is being hailed as a solution to the planet’s growing food shortage problem. Today, our planet has around 7 billion inhabitants. By 2050, that number is predicted to grow to close to 10 billion people. One argument in favour of developing this technique is that there are currently around 700 million individuals who... Continue Reading →
On Saturday 3rd March, TEDxWarwick held their tenth annual conference: this year, themed ‘Dare to Defy’. GLOBUS’ correspondents were invited to cover the event. This piece will comprise the first in a series commenting on the various presentations made by the conference’s prestigious speakers. We begin by considering the case for nuclear fusion as presented by... Continue Reading →
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