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Six of the nine planetary boundaries are transgressed – How we do research in the Anthropocene?| title | Six of the nine planetary boundaries are transgressed – How we do research in the Anthropocene? |
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| start_date | 2023/11/21 |
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| schedule | 18h30 |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | Amphi 15 |
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| summary | Six of the nine planetary boundaries are transgressed, which have led Humanity into the Anthropocene, i.e. out of the safe operating space where we now clearly see the effects of climate change and of biodiversity collapse. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) contribute to the exceedance of these boundaries e.g. by contributing to 2-4% of the global greenhouse gas emissions. Research in ICT mostly follows the mainstream agenda of improving the technological efficiency (e.g. through Moore’s Law, energy-efficient computation and communication). However, this quest for efficiency so far have failed to reduce the absolute environmental footprint of ICTs. In this talk, we will decode the socio-economic conditions that prevented us to turn the efficiency improvement into footprint reduction. We will then try to shape the necessary socio-ecological transition to include sobriety in ICT research and innovation. |
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| responsibles | NC |
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| submitted | published | | 2023/11/17 11:04 UTC |
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