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New genome study highlights how Zika spread
 
In a recent paper, an international team of researchers reports new details of how Zika emerged from Brazil and spread throughout Mexico and Central America, with implications for detecting and monitoring future epidemics.  More 

Stranded assets

A fifth of current global power plant capacity is at risk of becoming stranded in order to meet the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement, new research from the Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy has found. More
New methane emissions metric proposed for climate change policy

A new paper has outlined a metric to measure how methane and other gases contribute to greenhouse gas emissions budgets. This is an important step towards evaluating the warming from methane emissions when developing strategies to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. More
Read the related guest post in Carbon Brief here.
 
Natural Capital: preventing the economics of mass extinction

In a recent Guardian column George Monbiot took aim at “natural capital”: the idea that, by better understanding the economic value of nature, we might better protect it. Our researchers responded here.

Ethical AI Kills Too

Professor Julian Savulescu looks at the crucial role of ethics in current AI debates, specifically in the UK's House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee’s report. More 
Oxford Martin School in the media
 
Antarctica: plastic contamination reaches Earth's last wilderness
Professor Alex Rogers discusses the discovery of plastics and chemicals in Antarctica, and confirms that manmade pollutants are now affecting ecosystems in every corner of the world. More
The Future Of Food
This Telegraph Podcast examines how technology will disrupt the way our food is grown, processed, sold and delivered with context provided by Oxford Martin School Director Professor Charles Godfray. More
 
BBC - The Big Questions
Could robots and artificial intelligence do more harm than good? Professor Ian Goldin joins the BBC discussion. More
Markets may be under pricing climate-related risk
A study published this month by Alexander Pfeiffer and Oxford Martin School colleagues found that electricity producers would have to retire a fifth of oil and gas capacity, and cancel all planned projects, if the Paris goals are to be met. More
Videos
"The digital revolution and the distribution of income" 
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs' talk focuses on the basic economics of the digital revolution and the implications for jobs and the distribution of income.
You can find all of our videos, including short interviews, and webcast lectures here.

Our Oxford Martin Fellows have produced a number of video projects to explain their work:

How do vaccines work? 

What are nature-based solutions to climate change? 

Forthcoming events



12th June "Taming the sun: innovations to harness solar energy and power the planet" - with Dr Varun Sivaram

13th June 'The Ethiopian developmental state: a view from the inside - with Ato Newai Gebre-ab

14th June "Creating opportunities to think deeply about science" - Panel Discussion

23rd August "Lessons from the past: archaeology, anthropology and the future of food" - Conference
 

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