[SGRupdate] News from SGR – December 2020

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

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News from Scientists for Global Responsibility – December 2020

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1. UK military & security policy announcements: SGR response
2. Over 100 sign Science Oath for the Climate
3. Industrial conversion during the Covid-19 crisis
4. Hacking the Earth - what could possibly go wrong with geoengineering?
5. Lessons from finance and place-based dialogue on rapid, just transition
6. Kicking out Big Oil: Lessons from the campaign to remove fossil fuel
interests from cultural institutions and science museums


1. UK military & security policy announcements: SGR response

A summary of recent commentary by Scientists for Global Responsibility related
to the UK government announcements on boosting military spending, cutting aid
spending, and slightly increasing climate spending.

For more info, see:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/uk-military-security-policy-announcements-sgr-response


2. Over 100 sign Science Oath for the Climate

SGR’s 'Science oath for the climate' now has more than 100 signatories
following its launch in November.

Read the media release:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/over-100-sign-science-oath-climate

Sign the oath:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/projects/science-oath-climate-text-and-signing


3. Industrial conversion during the Covid-19 crisis

Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, looks at how arms, car and plane companies retooled
to produce medical ventilators.

Download pdf of presentation at the SGR conference:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/industrial-conversion-during-covid-19-crisis


4. Hacking the Earth - what could possibly go wrong with geoengineering?

Prof Bill McGuire, University College London, warns about the risks of
geoengineering as a way of dealing with the climate crisis, especially 'solar
radiation management'.

Download pdf of presentation at the SGR conference:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/hacking-earth-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-geoengineering


5. Lessons from finance and place-based dialogue on rapid, just transition

Prof Nick Robins, London School of Economics, examines how the banking sector
can support a rapid, just, net-zero emission economic conversion across the
UK.

Download pdf of presentation at the SGR conference:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/lessons-finance-and-place-based-dialogue-rapid-just-transition


6. Kicking out Big Oil: Lessons from the campaign to remove fossil fuel
interests from cultural institutions and science museums

Jess Worth, Culture Unstained, looks at the lessons from the campaign to
remove fossil fuel interests from cultural institutions and science museums.

Download pdf of presentation at the SGR conference:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/kicking-out-big-oil


For more details about SGR conference 2020, Transition Now, which took place
online in November, see:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/events/transition-now-part-i
https://www.sgr.org.uk/events/transition-now-part-ii



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