Yoda: European Science-Policy Investment Recap

Europe’s influential science-policy chief on his successes and disappointments Robert-Jan Smits, the European Union’s departing director-general of research, sets out his parting thoughts. I am sorry that I couldn’t find a way to get all member states to invest more in science. I also regret not having been able to embed science and innovation in …

Berto Jongman: European Science Funders Ban Grantees From Publishing in Paywalled Journals

European science funders ban grantees from publishing in paywalled journals Frustrated with the slow transition toward open access (OA) in scientific publishing, 11 national funding organizations in Europe turned up the pressure today. As of 2020, the group, which jointly spends about €7.6 billion on research annually, will require every paper it funds to be freely …

Norie Huddle: A Stark Warning About Ignorance Fatal to the Planet — Not A Word About True Cost Economics or Honest Science

‘We Are Climbing Rapidly Out of Humankind’s Safe Zone’: New Report Warns Dire Climate Warnings Not Dire Enough In the new report—titled What Lies Beneath: The Understatement of Existential Climate Risk (pdf)—authors David Splatt and Ian Dunlop, researchers with the National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough), an independent think tank based in Australia, argue that …

Yoda: Blockchain of Good – Republic of Conscience

BLOCKCHAIN Alliance for Good Internet-of-Value Blockchain Initiative for Socially Good Integrated Transactions (Bisgit.org) is run by the not-for-profit Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance, the leading open source international Think Tank on the Movement of Value. We are a free membership organisation promoting the idea of a non-financial currency for intangible value. We keep our …