Sujatha Raman

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of key 1G sustainability challenges, assess their relevance for 2G, and highlight the challenges for policy in managing the transition, and address limitations of existing sustainability assessments by exploring where challenges might emerge across the whole system of bioenergy research and policy.

TL;DR: The authors argue that this account is limited by a focus on novelty and assumptions about the transformative power of the genetic life sciences and suggest that biopower consists of a more complex cluster of relationships between the molecular and the population.

TL;DR: The authors argue that repeated efforts to shore up the scientific consensus on minimalist claims such as “humans cause global warming” are distractions from more urgent matters of knowledge, values, policy framing and public engagement.

TL;DR: The legitimacy of RCT evidence within policymaking is found to rest on the recognition of how multiple meanings of evidence limit generalisability and ensuring a plurality of evidence inputs, including those from other forms of research and expertise as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The paper clarifies the social and value dimensions for integrated sustainability assessments of lignocellulosic biofuels and develops a responsible innovation approach, looking at technology impacts and implementation challenges, assumptions and value conflicts influencing how impacts are identified and assessed, and different visions for future development.