The US will effectively terminate a programme that critics said unfairly targeted researchers of Chinese descent and ruined lives over tangential concerns. Plus, evidence that the Wuhan market was where the pandemic began and simple climate solutions.
Climate change won’t wait for future innovation, argues science-policy researcher Marie Claire Brisbois — we need action now. Hydrogen fuel, new nuclear technologies and carbon capture and storage will be crucial for decarbonization, “but let’s not pretend they’ll be here fast enough”, she writes. In contrast,
quotidian changes — such as insulating homes, driving less, repairing appliances and eating less meat — are already working . “Unglamorous solutions have few politically powerful advocates,” she notes. “One way to counter the fixation on profitable rather than proven climate solutions is for analysts and researchers assessing policy options to build in metrics of environmental sustainability, social connection, health and other indicators of well-being.