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Anna: The Green Room is a BBC project, a series of fascinating opinion pieces from a range of leading academics, advisers and specialists. The common theme is the environment, as you might have guessed from the name. The latest offering is an interesting comment on the challenges we face to innovate and adapt in the face of continuing climatic change and environmental disruption. It’s written by the Government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir David King.

I won’t attempt to summarise the article itself here, you’ll have to read it yourself!! But it’s interesting to note that King ends with a rallying cry to young people, urging them to “consider a future in scientific discovery; or in engineering to bring innovative technologies to real world application.” He adds that “there has never been a greater need for inquisitive and determined young minds to develop the solutions needed for the 21st Century.” I don’t know about you, but when I think about the chav-tastic state of the nation, I’m not filled with hope for the future…