Access is power

How access shapes who decides. Part 3 of a five-part series.

The rush to riches could be miles below the surface of the seas as demand for rare and exotic metals surges. (NOAA)

Power in global science governance is built into who can operate, measure, access systems, and persist. This series examines those dynamics in five parts, continuing here with access.

In the windowless conference rooms where the Internationa…