From WIRED Politics Lab: How Election Deniers Are Weaponizing Tech To Disrupt November
DESCRIPTION: Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already organizing on hyperlocal levels, and learning to monitor polling places, target election officials, and challenge voter rolls. And though their work was once fringe, its become mainstreamed in the Republican Party. Today on Wired Politics Lab, we focus on what these groups are doing, and what this means for voters and the election workers already facing threats and harassment.Listen to and follow WIRED Politics Lab here.Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.DESCRIPTION: Election deniers are mobilizing their supporters and rolling out new tech to disrupt the November election. These groups are already organizing on hyperlocal levels, and learning to monitor polling places, target election officials, and challenge voter rolls. And though their work was once fringe, its become mainstreamed in the Republican Party. Today on Wired Politics Lab, we focus on what these groups are doing, and what this means for voters and the election workers already facing threats and harassment.Listen to and follow WIRED Politics Lab here.Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.
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The Circular Bioeconomy
In this episode of our foresight climate change series, Greg catches up with Mathieu Flamini, CEO and co-founder of GFBiochemicals, a leading sustainable biochemical company with the mission to end chemical pollution by finding safer and more sustainable alternatives to the harmful petrochemicals commonly found in everyday products. They discuss decarbonising the chemical industry and building the circular bioeconomy.
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Humanity, the Economy and Climate Change – Can We Fix Things?
In this episode of our foresight climate change series, Greg cstches up with Lubomila Jordanova, Co-Founder and CEO of Plan A talk about how we make the connection between climate change and the state of the economy.
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Sowing the Seeds for a Better Food System
Indoor agriculture promises to massively reduce the water and land needed to support crops. But at the moment, it only works for a tiny percentage of foods. In this episode of our foresight climate change series, Greg chats to Arnavaz Schatten, director of sustainability at the Berlin-based vertical farming firm InFarm dicuss how vertical farms can massively reduce the environmental impact of our food system. "What could possibly work on Mars could be hugely beneficial on Earth today. We don’t need to wait for the Mars scenario. We need this kind of farming on Earth now,” said Arnavaz when speaking at WIRED Impact in November 2022.
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Making Better Climate Policy
To create better outcomes we have to create the right governmental and legal frameworks. So how do we make better policy and implement it effectively?In this episode of our foresight climate change series, Greg chats to Alyssa Gilbert, the Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute. Alyssa builds real-world impact by connecting relevant research across the university with policy-makers and businesses.
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