[SGRupdate] News from SGR – January 2021

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

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News from Scientists for Global Responsibility – January 2021

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1. Military involvement in UK universities - an update
2. Commuter behaviour change during lockdown
3. Videos of SGR conference presentations now available


1.  Military involvement in UK universities - an update

Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, outlines how the major increase in UK military
spending - announced in November - will draw universities further into
programmes related to nuclear weapons, armed drones, and military space
technology - fuelling arms races and decreasing international security.

Download pdf of presentation:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/military-involvement-uk-universities-update


2. Commuter behaviour change during lockdown

Dr Jan Maskell, SGR, summarises how commuters changed their behaviour during
the Covid-19 lockdown in spring 2020, and assesses the implications for
tackling the climate emergency.

Download pdf of presentation:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/commuter-behaviour-change-during-lockdown


3. Videos of SGR conference presentations now available

To watch all the videos from 'Transition Now: Recovering from Covid-19, will
responsible science and technology be tools of rapid change?', go to:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzB_uQVuH36Lz_NrdCPAnWplaxQAHxPvA

Links to individual videos:

- What if we treated the climate emergency as seriously as Covid-19?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0i1oz5oQQs

- Overconsumption, the climate emergency and the scientific community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUb8Q4fc3hs

- Hacking the Earth: what could possibly go wrong with geoengineering?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shk8FbPZ29s

- Kicking out Big Oil: Lessons from the campaign to remove fossil fuel
interests from cultural institutions and science museums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCGVxkUt-yY

- The hidden military implications of ‘building back’ with civil nuclear power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o3j7QN9-LU

- From arms, planes and racing cars to ventilators: Industrial conversion
during the Covid-19 crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6alYrKBTVlo

- Lessons from finance and place-based dialogue on rapid, just transition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD06B8HmVzE

- Steam solar news presses and other stories in the history of renewable energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADUMyJMmFE

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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