THE CLIMATE CRISIS Finding Solutions
sustainability programme, told FEED in a Genius Interview last year: “Sustainable living is about fashion, it’s about diet, it’s about travel, it’s about communities, it’s about every aspect of our lives.” Matthews noted the denial that still exists in some quarters around the necessary transition: “When I tell people, ‘Your carbon footprint is around 12 tons of CO2 a year’, they ask me, ‘Well, what should it be?’ And they are kind of astonished when the only answer is ‘zero’! Because that’s the goal. We have to get to a zero carbon footprint. That’s hard for industry organisations and people to wrap their heads around, but of course it’s what’s required – and also what is possible.”
There’s no denying that a lot of apple carts are going to be upset by the transition. The silver lining is that it’s a tremendous opportunity to redesign aspects of industry – and society – that aren’t working that well anyway. UNTANGLING THE NETWORKS Chris Preist is a computer scientist at the UK’s University of Bristol. He has been working on how digital businesses can address the problems of climate change, since his time with Hewlett-Packard Research Labs. “Research is often thinking about disruptions,” says Preist. “Sometimes they’re technological disruptions. Back
CHRIS PREIST Professor of sustainability & computer systems at the University of Bristol who previously worked at HP Research Labs
THE WORLD’S TOP EMITTERS OF CARBON DIOXIDE Megatonnes of CO2 per year
Note: One megatonne = 1,000,000 tonnes Source: EC, Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research, 2018 data
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