Reasons for Reinforcing the Regulation of Chemicals in Europe


By Erik Millstone and Peter Clausing European Journal of Risk Regulation (2023), 1–15 doi:10.1017/err.2022.41 Abstract The European Commission’s 2020 draft Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability set the ambitious goal of achieving a “Toxic-Free Environment”. Those ambitions were harshly criticised by a team based in Germany’s …

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Rethinking the drivers of biotechnologies: a paradigm for holistic climate change solutions


By Jack A. Heinemann and Tessa C. Hiscox Published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 59, December 2022, 101222 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101222   Abstract Humanity is under pressure to identify sustainable climate change mitigation strategies that also progress developmental and environmental goals. Urgency creates greater …

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Conference “Science in the Eye of the Storm”, Berlin, September 10-11 2014


 PROGRAM and DOCUMENTATION – please find below the final program of the conference including speakers’ presentations – Opening of conference and setting the stage Speaker: Angelika Hilbeck (ENSSER / ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Plenary symposium I Development towards sustainability – local, regional, global Chairs: Michael …

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Sustainability and Holistic Assessment of Technologies and Biotechnologies


March 24/25, 2011 – Caen/France – University of Caen, Human Sciences (MRSH), Esplanade de la Paix Co-organisers: University of Caen MRSH-CNRS; Risk Pole; CRIIGEN; ENSSER; Foundation for Citizen Sciences; GenØk; Society of Environmental Health in Western France Program Public event: English, francaise   Poster …

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