Climate change and the tech community

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1. Climate change
   and the tech community
   @callumacrae
   

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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
   

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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
   

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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
   

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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
   

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7. Photo @sophie.seydel
   

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8. Photo: Marcus Coblyn
   

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9. Photo: Lola Perrin
   

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10. https://www.climateemergency.uk/blog/map-of-local-council-declarations/
    

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11. What has this
    got to do with us?
    

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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
    

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13. The code we work on
    often has a higher carbon
    footprint than we do
    

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14. Make websites
    more green!
    

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15. Make pages smaller
    https://httparchive.org/reports/state-of-the-web?start=2015_10_01&end=latest&view=list
    

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16. Make your code
    more efficient
    (especially if you’re backend)
    

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17. Clean(er) energy
    

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18. Greener website =
    faster website
    

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19. Measure!
    https://www.websitecarbon.com/
    

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20. ClimateAction.tech
    

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21. We have influence.
    

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22. Make websites more green!
    Join ClimateAction.tech
    Use your influence.
    

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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/
    

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24. Let’s do better.
    

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