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Deputy Global Editorial Director
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. Interested in how technology, business, science and ideas are shaping the world. @GregWilliams@masto.ai
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Yup, definitely ignore the 'clever people' responsible for a global programme that successfully eradicated smallpox. Damn their expertise.
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The World Health Organisation is just another club of ‘clever people’ who want to bully and tell us what to do. Ignore. twitter.com/who/status/928
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@Variety
is looking for a London-based online news editor for our international team. If you're a savvy digital editor who's passionate about film, TV and all things online, please apply! (And don't hesitate to DM me with Qs, too.) recruiting2.ultipro.com/PEN1022PEKM/Jo
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Joshua Browder
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On February 22nd at 1.30PM, history will be made. For the first time ever, a robot will represent someone in a US courtroom. DoNotPay A.I will whisper in someone's ear exactly what to say. We will release the results and share more after it happens. Wish us luck!
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Delighted to be joined by
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Foresight podcast. Mikko is one of the world's leading cyber researchers and has spent over 30 years studying and combating online harms, identifying threats and helping to mitigate their impact.
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If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable with Mikko Hyppönen
Listen to this episode from Foresight with Greg Williams on Spotify. Connecting the world online has brought enormous benefits but it has also digitised the way in which harmful things can happen. In...
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But, as the effects of our warming world make themselves clear in floods and wildfires, biodiversity collapse, acidification of oceans, etc who will make sure that these promises will actually be met – that commitments actually deliver meaningful change?
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We're *slowly* taking action on climate change – countries and companies have signed up to net zero targets, (some) institutional investors are divesting from fossil fuels, + (some) governments are putting in place legislation – such as the IRA – to decarbonise economies.
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Rob Reddick
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Shockingly, holding an international event in a desert state with little prior infrastructure and which relies on fossil fuels leads to quite a lot of emissions. Even more shockingly, the system Qatar has chosen for offsetting these is pretty suspect.
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No, Qatar’s World Cup Can’t Be Classed as Carbon-Neutral
Despite efforts to reduce emissions, the 2022 FIFA tournament is highly carbon-intensive. And its road to net-zero relies on questionable carbon credits.
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Anton Spisak
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I was part of the team renegotiating the Protocol in the autumn of 2019. I don't know anyone who thought the consequences were "unforeseen". In fact, they were all laid out to MPs as part of the Impact Assessment on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (p44-60): assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl
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To create economic opportunity in the present we’re mortgaging our future, says Evelina Olago from Generation Investment Management. IPCC estimates that we need to increase capital deployment 10x to decarbonise.
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