Join us for a conference exploring the regulatory opportunities and challenges of the rapidly developing field of gene editing, delving into its potential to combat climate change.

Based on work by biochemist and UC Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna and others, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is the latest new genomic technique (NGT), earning the label of "the biggest biotech discovery of the century." The scientific progress on the environmental uses of the technology is already on the upward trajectory. CRISPR-based gene editing has recently emerged as a promising platform technology for sustainable energy and food production, GHG emission reduction, and novel applications for addressing climate change effects. Human gene editing has been characterized by a cautionary approach and wide-ranging debate, but we have yet to see a similar debate about the moral, ethical, and social implications of environmental applications of gene editing.

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