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Pivot!

(Let’s talk about tech, climate and mapping)

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Chris Adams & Dr. Sal Freudenberg

@mrchrisadams

@SalFreudenberg

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EXTREME WEATHER

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FLOODING

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CROP FAILURES

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FAMINE

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MASS MIGRATION

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6th MASS EXTINCTION

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Temperatures are skyrocketing

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Making personal changes will NOT be enough

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We need local changes….

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National changes….

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..and International changes

Climate change….

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Tech is a HUGE part of the problem too

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@SalFreudenberg

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There are so many things we can do….

@mrchrisadams

@SalFreudenberg

Move to a renewable energy supplier

Change search engine to Ecosia

Clean travel

policies

1%

Schemes

Remote

working

Fund

Raising

Develop

“green” products

Check every element

of your build

Choose clean

cloud provision

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How do we choose what will make the biggest impact?

@mrchrisadams

@SalFreudenberg

Move to a renewable energy supplier

Change search engine to Ecosia

Clean travel

policies

1%

Schemes

Remote

working

Fund

Raising

Develop

“green” products

Check every element

of your build

Choose clean

cloud provision

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What would mapping look like in a climate emergency?

@mrchrisadams

@SalFreudenberg

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What are we doing now?

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@SalFreudenberg

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@SalFreudenberg

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@SalFreudenberg

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The UK now has legally binding targets to reach net zero by 2050.

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@SalFreudenberg

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Start with a thing we might know

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@SalFreudenberg

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Mapping a digital product

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Strategy 1 for lower CO2

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Change how you provision components

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Strategy 2 for lower CO2

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Green your Stack:

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change how you power components

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GDS and working out CO2 emissions

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@SalFreudenberg

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Not make things even worse

Better for Less Carbon

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@SalFreudenberg

“Accessibility concerns delay $30m Amazon E-Book contract in NYC”

Michele Molnar on August 28, 2015 4:35 PM

Blogs.edweek.com (link) via Kasia Odrozek (link)

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@mrchrisadams

@SalFreudenberg

Average carbon intensity* of the UK economy in 2017:

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~ 3.2 tonnes of CO2 per 10k

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Source: Greenhouse gas intensity, provisional estimates, UK: 2017, ONS (link)

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* Carbon intensity is also an SDG indicator - 9.4.1

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If we optimise for cost of transaction in maps already, why not carbon per transaction too?

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@SalFreudenberg

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The ten tonne rule

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If any spend will cause more than 10 tonnes of CO2 emissions, rank bids by CO2 emitted over length of contract.

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Suppliers show the workings for their CO2 figures in bids. Favour the lowest.

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@SalFreudenberg

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One thing you can do if you work in tech, today

@mrchrisadams

@SalFreudenberg

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“We will not use fossil fuel powered infrastructure for new services or projects.

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We will have moved entirely off fossil fuels by 2025”

@mrchrisadams

@SalFreudenberg

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Thank you

and

good luck!

@mrchrisadams

@SalFreudenberg

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