Climate change and the tech community

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1. Climate change and the tech community @callumacrae
2. IPCC report: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/SR15_SPM_version_report_LR.pdf 3.2C rise on unconditional pledges: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/cut-global-emissions-76-percent-every-year-next-decade-meet-15degc
4. Photo: Quarry Photography List of natural disasters made worse by climate change: https://www.christianaid.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-12/Counting-the-cost-2019-report-embargoed-27Dec19.pdf
5. CO2 emissions by year: https://www.iea.org/articles/global-co2-emissions-in-2019 40 year delay between emissions and warming: https://skepticalscience.com/Climate-Change-The-40-Year-Delay-Between-Cause-and-Effect.html
6. 7.6% drop per year required: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/cut-global-emissions-76-percent-every-year-next-decade-meet-15degc
7. Photo @sophie.seydel
8. Photo: Marcus Coblyn
9. Photo: Lola Perrin
10. https://www.climateemergency.uk/blog/map-of-local-council-declarations/
11. What has this got to do with us?
12. Photo: BalticServers.com GNU Data centre power usage: https://www.iea.org/reports/tracking-buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks Country power usage: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html More than aviation industry: http://smarter2030.gesi.org/downloads/Full_report.pdf
13. The code we work on often has a higher carbon footprint than we do
14. Make websites more green!
15. Make pages smaller https://httparchive.org/reports/state-of-the-web?start=2015_10_01&end=latest&view=list
16. Make your code more efficient (especially if you’re backend)
17. Clean(er) energy
18. Greener website = faster website
19. Measure! https://www.websitecarbon.com/
20. ClimateAction.tech
21. We have influence.
22. Make websites more green! Join ClimateAction.tech Use your influence.
23. @climateActTech @techworkersco @Fridays4future @StrikeClimate @Strike4Youth @NLRebellion @MaryHeglar @JeromeFosterII @Tamaraity @bethsawin @BrownGirl_Green @AyishaSiddiqa12 Further reading: “How to choose a green web host”: https://www.wholegraindigital.com/blog/choose-a-green-web-host/ “17 ways to make your website more energy efficient”: https://www.wholegraindigital.com/blog/website-energy-efficiency/
24. Let’s do better.