A new commentary in Engineering presents a clear four-stage roadmap for shifting the global energy system toward carbon neutrality. Unlike past energy transitions, this transformation demands joint advances in technology, policy, and society. It also introduces the T-ESGO framework to integrate energy, material, carbon, and information flows, stressing innovation, cross-disciplinary work, and global cooperation to drive practical, sustainable progress.

Andrew Muhammad, professor and Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, is the 2026 recipient of the R.J. Hildreth Public Policy Award from the Farm Foundation.

The R.J. Hildreth Award for Career Achievement in Public Policy honors career achievement in the field of public policy, through government service, as educators, or those researching agricultural policy. Farm Foundation is a 90-year-old independent organization that brings together farmers, industry leaders, policymakers, academics and other professionals to explore and solve issues shaping food and agriculture. The award was presented at the foundation’s round table meeting on June 16 in St. Louis.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses form the basis for healthcare and health policy, but access to the data on which the results are based is often lacking. This is shown in a new policy forum article from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal PLOS Medicine.