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Environment & Climate
Climate, biodiversity, natural resources, ecological transition and adaptation policy.
The Environment & Climate section examines climate change, biodiversity, natural resources, the transformation of energy systems and adaptation policy. It considers the economic, social and geopolitical effects of these changes, together with the public and industrial strategies developed in response.
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Climate: How Far Can Technology Go?
Climate: How Far Can Technology Go?
Climate change no longer belongs to the future. It has become a measurable transformation of the Earth system.
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Desalinate to Survive: The New Geopolitics of Water
For thousands of years, the geography of water largely determined the geography of human societies. Cities developed near rivers, agriculture around fertile basins, and states according to the water resources they could capture, transport, or defend. Egypt depends on the Nile, Me
The Material Footprint of Artificial Intelligence
Behind the apparent immateriality of artificial intelligence lies a vast industrial infrastructure. Semiconductors, data centers, power grids, cooling systems, copper, water, concrete and global supply chains form the physical foundation of a technology often presented as purely