Project Syndicate
Avoiding a Climate Lockdown
5 min · · The world is approaching a tipping point on climate change, when protecting the future of civilization will require dramatic interventions. Avoiding this scenario will require a green economic… · Shared by 176, including Neil Hart 💙, Mariana Mazzucato, Tom Connor, David Wallace-Wells, Amicitia, Enrique Dans, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Mario Clemente, Conservative Review
Fast Company
We are approaching the fastest, deepest, most consequential technological disruption in history
4 min · · In the next 10 years, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors—information, energy, food, transportation, and materials—that underpin our global economy. We… · Shared by 377, including tektology, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Neil Hart 💙, Marsha Collier, Stephan Woodtli, Gerd Leonhard, Elinor Stutz, Gabriele, Chris Agro | Agrotising, Katja Evertz, Filippo Antonio Capizzi, @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good, Johannes Dornisch, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after
The Guardian
'They're suffering now': Californians scramble to adapt to daily reality of climate crisis
6 min · · Heat and wildfire smoke force residents to seek respite – and buy cooling systems and air purifiers, if they can afford them · Shared by 50, including Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Alexandria Villaseñor, Neil Hart 💙
The Guardian
Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah
3 min · · Climate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland · Shared by 177, including Noah Smith, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Gregg Caruso, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Damian Carrington, George Monbiot, Eric Holthaus, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org on Mastodon 🦣, Neil Hart 💙, Katja Evertz
World Economic Forum
This is how AI could feed the world’s hungry while sustaining the planet
4 min · · While the risks posed by AI dominate the headlines, behind the scenes there is a quiet revolution underway as AI systems are used to tackle the greatest challenges facing humanity, from climate change… · Shared by 137, including rogerverhoeven, Yves Mulkers, Dr. James Canton, Neil Hart 💙, Terence Mills, AI, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Alyssa C, Katja Evertz, Tim, Tiffani Bova, Marcus Borba
The Guardian
New super-enzyme eats plastic bottles six times faster
3 min · · Breakthrough that builds on plastic-eating bugs first discovered by Japan in 2016 promises to enable full recycling · Shared by 123, including Damian Carrington, Neil Hart 💙, Tom Connor, Rick Powell, Beate Jordaan, Guy Kawasaki, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech
The New York Times
Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In. The Next Moves Will Be Crucial.
13+ min · · The Times spoke to two dozen experts who said decisions made now would spell the difference between a difficult future and something far worse. · Shared by 225, including Mary Annaïse Heglar, Stowe Boyd, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙, Scott Galloway, anildash.com, William Gibson, John Schwartz, Moritz A. Mihatsch, Hannah Fairfield, Kara Swisher, Hiroko Tabuchi, Frank Gruber, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave)
The Guardian
Humans exploiting and destroying nature on unprecedented scale
6 min · · Animal populations have plunged an average of 68% since 1970, as humanity pushes the planet’s life support systems to the edge · Shared by 190, including Bill McKibben, Neil Hart 💙, Birgit Schefer, Tim, Balthasar Glättli🌻 🕊, Katja Evertz, Ray Monk, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Mike Butcher
The Guardian
Climate crisis: business, farming and environment leaders unite to warn Australia 'woefully unprepared'
4 min · · An extraordinary statement by 10 groups says the nation’s future prosperity is at risk without a coherent response · Shared by 51, including Neil Hart 💙, Liv 😷, Katja Evertz
The Guardian
Earth has lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years
3 min · · ‘Stunned’ scientists say there is little doubt global heating is to blame for the loss · Shared by 243, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Birgit Schefer, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Neil Hart 💙, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Rob Tiffany, Jansnet, Thomas Pleil, Matthias Lampe, Jerry Saltz, Katja Evertz, Pip Morris
Singularity Hub
A Norwegian Startup Is Turning Dry Deserts Into Fertile Cropland
3 min · · The UN population forecast predicts that by 2050 there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet. They’ll live mostly in cities and have an older median age than the current global population.… · Shared by 123, including Neil Hart 💙, AI, Marktechpost AI Research News ⚡, Brian Ahier, Jansnet, Tim, John Hagel
Vox
Air pollution is much worse than we thought
10 min · · Ditching fossil fuels would pay for itself through clean air alone. · Shared by 192, including Molly Wood, Fabrizio Bianchi, Damian Carrington, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Claudia Sommer, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Neil Hart 💙, Matthias Lampe, Dr. Jonathan Foley, publici, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Katja Evertz, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Philanthropy News Digest
The Guardian
Last decade was Earth's hottest on record as climate crisis accelerates
2 min · · 2019 was second or third hottest year ever recorded, with average global temperature up 0.39C in 10 years · Shared by 92, including Tim, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙, Reto Knutti, Ray Monk, Prof Michael E. Mann
The Guardian
GPT-3: an AI game-changer or an environmental disaster?
4 min · · The tech giants’ latest machine-learning system comes with both ethical and environmental costs · Shared by 126, including Marc R Gagné MAPP, Terence Mills, Jessel Sookha, Neil Hart 💙, jorge-ferrer, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Iain Brown, PhD, Marcus Borba, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Katja Evertz, Ian M Calvert
The New York Times
The Great Climate Migration Has Begun
20+ min · · New research suggests climate change will cause humans to move in unprecedented numbers. The Times Magazine partnered with ProPublica and data scientists to understand how. · Shared by 559, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Ines Bieler, Natacha Quester-Séméon Salomon, Eghosa Omoigui, luis antónio santos, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Anna Jane Joyner, Philanthropy News Digest, PNASNews, Thomas Pleil, Cameron Sinclair, Katja Evertz, Randy Deutsch, Mark Little, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Gabriele, Catherine De Vries, Kainaz Amaria, Matthew Conlen
The Guardian
Loss of bees causes shortage of key food crops, study finds
2 min · · Apple and cherry production hampered by lack of wild bees, who are suffering from a loss of habitat, toxic pesticides and the climate crisis · Shared by 251, including Jane, Neil Hart 💙, Pip Morris, Jansnet, Tim, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, jorge-ferrer, Katja Evertz, Chris Bertram, Matthias Lampe, Damian Carrington, Marius Bleuer