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More knowledge-based aid. What's the next step?
Tighter budgets and new crises make it even more important to have knowledge-based and cost-effective aid. Norway is already doing a lot to make this happen, but we have more to go on. A working group has presented a report with new recommendations.
Improving the efficiency of Norwegian aid through the UN and the World Bank
In 2023, 31.7 billion Norwegian kroner (54% of Norway's aid budget) was allocated through multilateral organizations, with the UN system and the World Bank Group being the two main recipients. This note presents recommendations to the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Norad on how the foreign service can become a more effective and coordinated donor to Norway's largest partners. We focus on the UN system and the World Bank in this first note of the series.
An invisible environmental poison costs millions of lives
Lead in food and paint causes health damage to millions of children every year. Poor countries in particular have a long way to go.
Salmon suffering is Norway's darkest secret
... and the government does nothing. Here are four steps that can help with Norway's biggest animal welfare disaster.
AI must be democratic and cheap
Last week, the leading AI company Open AI announced that the premium version of the best Chat GPT model will go from costing $20 to $200 a month. So you have to spend 25,000 Norwegian kroner a year if you want the latest technology from Silicon Valley.
California has declared a state of emergency. The bird flu could become a global pandemic.
We are in a race against the clock.
Hello, power cable opponents. Can any of you show me where I'm wrong?
High electricity prices are a blessing.
Norwegian aid 2025 - what do the different parties think?
We have looked at the parties' alternative aid budget. Here's what we found.
Media coverage
The need for dissidents
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen writes in E24 about the importance of dissent in a society, highlighting Langsikt's note on the lab leak hypothesis (https://www.langsikt.no/publikasjoner/lablekkasje) as well as the VG case on the same topic (https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/OooK9w/kan-bli-tidenes-stoerste-skandale), where Senior Advisor Sigrid Bratlie is interviewed, as an important example.
It could be the biggest scandal of all time.
“There are many elements of this case that are best explained by the fact that there was a lab leak.” VG writes about the origin of the corona pandemic, and has interviewed Senior Advisor Sigrid Bratlie among others.
Research Director Aksel Braanen Sterri comments on the Perpektivin NRK Nyheter
“We need a perspective message with multiple perspectives.” This was the main message of Aksel Braanen Sterri, Head of Science, when he spoke about artificial intelligence (AI) at Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) in connection with the launch of the perspective message. Previous perspective reports have overlooked the financial crisis, the pandemic, wars and most recently artificial intelligence, i.e. the really big events. Instead of just presenting one scenario, we should acknowledge the uncertainty we live with. This allows us to assess how robust our societal institutions are in the face of many different futures, not just the one that most closely resembles the past.
AI entrepreneur tests basic salary. — Need a drastic realignment.
Academic Director Aksel Braanen Sterri was interviewed by Aftenposten about the major citizen wage study funded by Sam Altman.
Think agriculture drives scare propaganda: Starts in new think tank to promote genetic engineering
Senior advisor Sigrid Bratlie has been interviewed by Nationen about modern genetic engineering in food production. Sigrid points out that there are concerns about adopting genetic engineering that should be taken seriously. However, this should not stand in the way of all the positive aspects of GMOs, such as the significant contributions they can make to the path to a sustainable food system.
Vi står på terskelen til en slags «perfekt storm» i helsevesenet
Intervju av seniorrådgiver Sigrid Bratlie om helsepolitikk og regulering av bioteknologi. -Regelverket for bruk av genteknologi er i dag svært lite treffsikkert og paradoksalt nok motsatt av hvordan det burde være. Nyttig bruk av genteknologi, særlig innen matproduksjon, er overregulert av politiske årsaker, mens de virkelig farlige bruksområdene er underregulert.
Seniorrådgiver Sigrid Bratlie i Sommer i P2
Snart tar vi kontroll over gener og lager nytt liv. Det gir molekylærbiologen Sigrid tro på fremtiden - og noen søvnløse netter.
Vi må snakke opp muligheten til å bidra
Misjonsalliansen svarer på daglig leder Eirik Mofoss sitt innlegg "Krisene vi ikke bryr oss om" ved å peke på at man må fokusere på at det nytter å gjøre noe for å løse fattigdom og humanitære kriser.
Skapt på lab i Kina
Teorier om hvordan covid oppstod har skapt stor splid, og flere blir sett på som konspiratoriske. Norsk forsker mener at viruset ble skapt på et laboratorium i Wuhan.
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