This is the video version of a wide-ranging half-hour interview published in the 12 March issue of 'New Scientist' youtube.com/watch?v=K660JF…

The 2022 Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk #cccr2022 is about to kick off with a keynote from Martin Rees ! We'll be live-tweeting the whole thing, follow along and join the conversation

Video Stream link for Centre for the Study of Existential Risk 2022 Conference on Catastrophic Risk

It certainly is! Where should the costs fall though? On industries that increase the risk/impacts of pandemics? (BioLabs, air travel, forest & animal habitat clearing industries?) Or partly on taxpayers in general?

Let's go, Copenhagen. We just unrolled the Doughnut to explore what it will take for the city to thrive within it: fascinating discussions. This is a 21st c goal for every town, city & nation... Want to do this workshop where you are? New tools coming very soon! Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)

Wallace-Wells always worth a read lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/…

A vital topic! No point building info or strategies if they can’t be communicated to the public/policymakers!

Thanks! Well worth a read everyone ⬇️

Our fearless leader kicking us off Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference in the beautiful Churchill College. #BennettInst Cambridge University

Exciting weekend on the California grid, with carbon-free power supplying more than 100% of electricity demand through large swaths of the afternoon

If not for curtailments and must-run generation, California could have met 100% of electricity demand at several points this past weekend with just wind and solar alone!

This will be a valuable discussion on why it's time to measure inclusive wealth & revolutionise economics with Bennett Institute for Public Policy's Diane Coyle - author of 'GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History'.

Watch Diane Coyle Bennett Institute for Public Policy share her insight on ‘true wealth’, natural & social capital, the reason why we should put monetary values on nature, long-term planning, lessons from 2008, externalities, inequality, data, & more. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/beyond-gd…

Hugely exciting new opportunity! We Jesus College are looking for 3 Junior Research Fellows. 1 in Sciences, & 2 in Archaeology, Classics, History of Art, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, or Politics. These are prestigious paid 3-year positions - see jrf.jesus.cam.ac.uk

EU policymakers want the EU to become a regulatory superpower in AI. Will they succeed? Will EU AI regulation have global effects, producing a Brussels Effect? @LotteSiegmann and I just published a report looking into the question. governance.ai/research-paper…

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In an event co-hosted by Bennett Institute for Public Policy & UN DESA, global experts - Sir Partha Dasgupta, Diane Coyle, Elliot Harris, Bert Kroese, Norbert Barthle & Monica Contestabile - discuss why it’s time to move beyond GDP & value nature for its worth. Watch: bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/buildin… 4/5

can’t we all just get along