Indrabati Lahiri

I'm looking for space, agriculture and food experts for a piece about how technologies being developed to grow food in space may actually be more useful for agriculture on Earth. These are the questions I'm mainly looking at: Why could technologies developed for growing food in space matter more on Earth? (bioregenerative systems, hydroponics, autonomous greenhouses, lab-grown meat, bioreactors and more) Which technologies are already being used for agriculture on Earth? Where do they have the most impact? (deserts/cities/extreme climates or others) Are there any examples of improving resilience/yield? What problems can space farming solve better than traditional agriculture- and where does it fall short? Is it a realistic solution for food insecurity or climate-related crop failures? What do we still need to enable large-scale deployments of these space farming technologies on Earth? (funding, governance etc) How energy-intensive are these technologies, and could scaling them on Earth create new environmental trade-offs? What would success look like with these technologies in 10 years on Earth? Is the real market opportunity on Earth or in space, and why? In what situations does space farming not make sense for agriculture on Earth? Could these technologies be overhyped as well?

I'm looking for infrastructure, climate, policy and environmental experts for a piece about how cities are increasingly vital to climate planning in the Amazon. Here are the questions I'm mainly looking at: Cities are increasingly vital to climate planning in the Amazon. In your opinion, what does an effective urban climate strategy look like in this region? What are the biggest climate risks facing Amazonian cities right now (eg, flooding, heat, infrastructure etc) and how well prepared are local governments for these? Are the strategies outlined by programmes like Mutirao (electric buses, composting, waste reduction etc) enough, or does the Amazon need new approaches to counter climate challenges? What metrics should be used to evaluate the success of these urban strategies? Could the climate strategies being used in Amazonian cities serve as a model for other regions facing rapid urbanisation and associated climate risks? In the long run (10-15 years) what role do you think Amazonian cities play in regional climate resilience for the whole of the Amazon? Could urban planning failures threaten wider climate goals?