Launch seminar presentations
The following presentations were given by members of the Working Party at the launch seminar for 'Biofuels: ethical issues' on 13 April 2011.
Introduction and overview
Professor Joyce Tait
Chair of the Working Party; Scientific Adviser to the Innogen Centre (ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics), Edinburgh University
Presentation slides (PowerPoint 813KB)
Professor Joyce Tait
Human rights
Professor Simon Caney
Professor in Political Theory, University of Oxford
Presentation slides (PowerPoint 345KB)
Fair trade and equitable distribution
Dr Mike Adcock
Director, Master of Laws Programme, Durham University
Presentation slides (PowerPoint 523KB)
Environmental sustainability
Dr Guy C. Barker
Director, Genomics Resource Centre, Life Sciences, University of Warwick
Presentation slides (PowerPoint 346KB)
New biofuels technologies
Professor Christine Raines
Professor in Plant Biology, University of Essex
Presentation slides (PowerPoint 324KB)
Energy security
Professor Jim Watson
Director, Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex
Presentation slides (PowerPoint 286KB)
Climate change
Dr Nigel Mortimer
Managing Director, North Energy Associates Ltd, Sheffield
Presentation slides (PowerPoint 333KB)
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