Environment policy UK: briefing on fracking
House of Commons Library briefing on UK context and policy development on Shale Gas and Fracking
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Environment policy UK: pollinator declines
The UK House of Commons Library has produced a note on Reversing Pollinator Declines - a useful summary.
Science Policy UK: parliamentary committee inquiry on science infrastructure
The UK parliament's House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has announced an inquiry on Scientific Infrastructure. In summary, the key questions are.../
- What scientific infrastructure is currently available in the UK and do UK researchers have sufficient access to cutting edge infrastructure? How does this compare to other countries?
- What role should the Government play in ensuring there is an effective long-term strategy for meeting scientific infrastructure needs?
- Is it more important to invest in large national infrastructure or medium infrastructure?
- How were decisions on investment made since the Comprehensive Spending Review reached? What has been the impact on these decisions?
- What has been the impact of removing capital spend from the ring-fenced budget? Should the ring fenced science budget be redefined to include an element of capital spend?
- Are effective and fair arrangements in place for access and charging for public and private science infrastructure?
- To what extent do funding structures in the UK help or hinder involvement in EU and international projects?
- What impact does publicly funded scientific infrastructure have in terms of supporting innovation and stimulating the UK’s economy?
Food Security: UK parliamentary inquiry
The UK parliament's House of Commons Select Committee on International Development has published the report of an inquiry on Global Food Security, linked to the G8-linked UK/Brazil event on 8 June - Nutrition for Growth. The inquiry report is a high level review covering: more.../
- price spikes
- demand
- rising populations
- supply chain
- land tenure
- biofuel markets
- development aid
- nutrition
with some reference to climate change. A low emphasis on genetic resources, ecosystem approaches - passing reference to GMOs and ground waters but nothing significant on new crops or wild relatives, pests, disease resistance, soils or more complex views of water security.