Technology's impact on climate change

How can the tech industry do its bit to slow down climate change? You will walk out of this talking having learned what the current state of tech's impact on climate change is, and steps we can take to prevent this from escalating, and reduce the carbon footprint.

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16. Technology's impact on climate change @CityJS 2020 @lil_natw Streaming spotify 8 hours a day for 21 working days emits as much CO2 per month as driving 19.6 miles by an average passenger vehicle.
17. Technology's impact on climate change @CityJS 2020 @lil_natw - 3% of the global electricity supply - 2% of total greenhouse gas emissions - AWS only 5 green data centres: US West (Oregon), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), GovCloud (US-West), Canada (Central)!
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36. Technology's impact on climate change @CityJS 2020 @lil_natw 1. Business Declares - https://businessdeclares.com/resources 2. Carbon Footprint of Sending Data by Chris Adams https://observablehq.com/@mrchrisadams/carbon-footprint-of-sending-data-aroundhttps://observablehq.co m/@mrchrisadams/carbon-footprint-of-sending-data-around 3. KinCo-Climate-Emergency-Guide-for-Businesses - http://www.kinandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KinCo-Climate-Emergency-Guide-for-Businesses.pdf 4. Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator - https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator 5. Website Carbon Calculator - https://www.websitecarbon.com/ 6. OMG Climate London https://medium.com/omg-climate/what-to-expect-on-the-day-of-omg-climate-london-3484d5acf254 7. Only 11 Years Left to Prevent Irreversible Damage from Climate Change, Speakers Warn during General Assembly High-Level Meeting https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/ga12131.doc.htm 8. The Carbon Footprint of Servers https://www.goclimateneutral.org/blog/the-carbon-footprint-of-servers/ 9. Global warming: Data centres to consume three times as much energy in next decade, experts warn - https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/global-warming-data-centres-to-consume-three-times-as-much- energy-in-next-decade-experts-warn-a6830086.html 10. Principles of Sustainable Software Engineering https://principles.green/ 11. Open Letter to Amazon https://aws.climateaction.tech/