What Tech Can Do About Climate Change

Climate change is here and we need to do something about it. Perhaps you’ve heard of actions you can take to help, but as a person in the tech industry, you want to know how to best apply your unique skills and position to the problem. In this talk, I’ll go over specific steps that people and companies in tech can do to help the climate change cause.

You can watch a recording of the talk here: https://youtu.be/rypzipErlcU?t=1392

Transcript

1. What Tech Can Do About Climate Change @danlew42
3. Solar radiation in the form of lightwaves passes through the atmosphere
4. Most of this radiation is absorbed by the Earth and warms it
5. Some energy is radiated back into space by the earth in the form of infrared waves
6. Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the earth’s atmosphere and warms it
7. As the CO2 concentration increases, more of the outgoing infrared radiation is trapped.
12. Can You Make A Difference? • Every little bit, optimized over billions of people, helps! • Americans have big potential for improvement • Tech solutions provide leverage and scale
16. Green Software
18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Data_Center.jpg
25. https://www.deviantart.com/2bgr8stock/art/Money-Cash-113445826
26. Invest or Donate
27. https://davidmytton.blog/the-data-behind-49bn-of-cleantech-investment/
30. https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/4773693893
31. Work Remote
34. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ANA_777-300_Taking_off_from_JFK.jpg
36. Write Climate Software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Programmer_writing_code_with_Unit_Tests.jpg
44. Get Political
45. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pennstatelive/29567895480
50. https://idlewords.com/2019/05/what_i_learned_trying_to_secure_congressional_campaigns.htm
52. https://twitter.com/algore/status/1159925482969866241 Connect With Others
53. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwward0/12182919023
54. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greta_Thunberg_4.jpg
58. Thank You @danlew42