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The Labour Party has achieved its largest poll lead in over two decades over the Conservatives; is this enough to win the next general election? 

Christine Sprunger, an Assistant Professor of Soil Health at Michigan State University explores soil health, arguing “a teaspoon of soil contains more life than there are humans on Earth”.

Curtis R Youngs, Professor & M.E. Ensminger Endowed Chair of International Animal Agriculture, continues his discussion of global food security.

The Long COVID lessons learned beyond the COVID-19 pandemic are detailed here by leading Professors working on the University College London STIMULATE-ICP programme.

Guy Battle, CEO of Social Value Portal, explores how Scope 3 standards offer a new perspective and a clear path forward for those ready to take the next steps on their decarbonisation journey.

Sam Newman, director of OGEL IT, explains how migrating datacentres to the cloud can boost business efficiency.

Since we spend the majority of our adult lives at work, it is vital that employers provide sufficient employee mental health & well-being support - here's how.

Mattie Yeta, Chief Sustainability Officer for CGI UK and Australia is a former Head of Sustainability for Defra IT/UK Government, and a PhD researcher specialising in corporate sustainability, green economics, and national recovery. A current tutor at the University of Oxford’s Climate Change Programme, she has extensive experience and expertise...

Looking at large energy consumers, Martin Kenzie, Sales Manager at 2G Energy Ltd, analyses how to save energy costs when transitioning to a net zero world.

Aarthi JanakiRaman & Shrinivas Tukdeo from TechVision, Frost & Sullivan, tell us what we need to know about geothermal energy and its role in the clean energy transition.

Cannabis legislation is threatening to reduce pharmaceutical stock value by billions of dollars as more people are predicted to opt for weed over opioids.

Dr Zisis Kozlakidis & Eduardo Mascarenhas turn the spotlight on Artificial Intelligence implementation and cancer research.

Hot weather, dry conditions and record temperatures in the UK mean an increased risk of extreme wildfires, say experts.

New guidance on geospatial data in the public sector has been published, setting rules on assessing the economic, social and environmental value of investments in location data.

Increasing oil prices may lead to a reduction in the development of green energy – as oil is still needed in the transition to a carbon-free electricity supply.

Dr Anantha Duraiappah took the position as inaugural Director of the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) based in New Delhi, India in 2014.

Open Access Government charts the priorities of Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, particularly concerning the role of oceans and the circular economy.

Yan Chen is the Daniel Kahneman Collegiate Professor in the School of Information at University of Michigan, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics at Tsinghua University. Her research interests are in behavioral and experimental economics, market and mechanism design, information economics, and public economics. She conducts both theoretical and...

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe turns the spotlight on healthcare in Canada, focussing on milestones & opportunities triggered by pandemics.

What’s the return on basic research spending? What can policymakers do to make basic research more valuable, beyond simply spending more taxpayer money? And what role will private innovation have?.