Big Tech Should Take the Lead on Climate Change—Here’s Why
“At Collision, which calls itself “North America’s fastest-growing tech conference,” former United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres threw down a challenge to tech titans: move the world from incremental to exponential action on climate change.
The digital tech sector is the wild card in fossil-fuel escape plans. Disruption of the global economy is on the way through AI, Internet of Things, big data, biotech, and more. But it is far from clear whether this will drive greenhouse gas emissions up or slash them in half. The climate conversation with tech entrepreneursand leaders needs to change for three reasons.
First,…”
https://singularityhub.com/2018/07/09/big-tech-should-take-the-lead-on-climate-change-heres-why/
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