Le prix Nobel de la paix a été attribué, le 12 octobre dernier, à l’ancien vice-président des États-Unis, Al Gore, et au Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat pour leurs efforts de sensibilisation aux changements climatiques. À travers le … Lire / Read
The Nobel Prize and the ‘Wicked’ Challenge of Climate Change
As recognized by the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore’s style of science communication reflect complimentary approaches to global capacity-building in the face of ‘wicked planetary environmental issues’. How do these initiatives … Lire / Read
A Technological Fix for the Environment: The Virgin Earth Challenge
Last February Al Gore and British billionaire Richard Branson presented the Virgin Earth Challenge. It operates on the assumption that there is a technological solution to the climate change crisis. Technology materializes a particular relationship to the world. Does modifying … Lire / Read