[SGRupdate] News from SGR – June 2020

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

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News from Scientists for Global Responsibility – June 2020

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** Blog series on lessons from the Covid-19 crisis
(Article no.4)

* Envisioning a post-Covid-19 transport landscape: surface travel

Prof John Whitelegg, Liverpool John Moores University, looks at how the UK can
transition to a sustainable transport system by building on some of the
changes pursued during the Covid-19 ‘lockdown’. In the first of two blogs, he
focuses on surface travel.

Read blog:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/envisioning-post-covid-19-transport-landscape-surface-travel


** Turning delusion into climate action - Prof Kevin Anderson, an interview

In a conversation recorded before the Covid-19 crisis hit - which itself is
raising many questions about the responsible use by policy makers of
scientific advice - SGR’s Andrew Simms interviews the leading voice on climate
science, Prof Kevin Anderson of the Universities of Manchester and Uppsala,
about the responsibilities of scientists in the climate emergency. He is
outspoken in saying that the scientific community has much to do to change its
ways.

Read article from Responsible Science journal no.2:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/turning-delusion-climate-action-prof-kevin-anderson-interview


** Arms conversion: initial lessons from the Covid-19 crisis

Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, discusses the sudden interest by leading UK arms
companies in manufacturing health equipment during the Covid-19 crisis - and
some lessons for broader arms conversion.

Watch video:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/arms-conversion-initial-lessons-covid-19-crisis



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