🌎 CAT Newsletter #114 2022-03-03
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Hey CATs,
Wow, what a week. If you’re in the Global North, then it’s hard to ignore what’s going on in Ukraine. If you’re anywhere else the latest IPCC report shared earlier this week makes for pretty stark reading. But it’s right now, it’s understandable if you don’t have the headspace for that as well. We’ll set a bit of time for that next week though, with some explainers, and other resources to make sense of it
In the meantime, if you’re looking at the new coming from Ukraine and want to do something, we’ve compiled a list of resources (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01A0THTQRW/p1645808383819189) , from places to donate to, to sample letters to send to your representative. These are likely to be very Eurocentric, so we’d welcome help, to share with CATs in your part of the world too. This week, we’re also repurposing the weekly coworking sessions, and CAT Coffee (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01A0THTQRW/p1645808383819189) to have space for spending some time working through these with other CATS.
CAT Community News * Weâre looking for an organizer to join our organizing team. Find out more here (https://climate-tech.getoutline.com/doc/cat-organizer-job-description-RE83VhLVqh) .
CALL FOR SPEAKERS * @HeatherB (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/URD27PJV8) and @Matthew Ferry (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/U01AHPG1BA9) are looking for speakers for the next CAT Salon event series! See Heatherâs post in #2-lobby (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01A0THTQRW) and reach out either in the thread of the post (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C01A0THTQRW/p1644597781194209) or in a DM.
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** ð¬ CAT Events
If you’re looking at organising event in your part of the world, you can ask for help in #events. (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CDH9TKPMM) There’s a CAT event support kit, sample deck and so on to help.
:doughnut: CAT Roulette - 30mins - whenever you find a time
We’re continuing our programme of letting members connect to 1 other CAT member every second week for a nice beverage and chat about climate and tech. It’s a nice way to get to know other CATs, and you can start and stop at any time. Joining the #cat-roulette (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0202J3UYG7) channel to learn more.
ð¬ CAT Submitted Events
People, Planet, Pint: Sustainability Professionals Meetup - London - March 10th (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/people-planet-pint-sustainability-professionals-meetup-london-tickets-256331232617) Come and meet other business owners and professionals working in the Net Zero, BCorp and Environmental space! No agenda, workshops or webinars. Just chat over some nibbles and beers. Using neuroscience to make your digital communications more impactful - Virtual - March 15th (https://www.meetup.com/GreenTech-South-West/events/283465508/) Learn how to unlock the marketing and communications secrets used by top companies for implementation in our own purpose-driven work. Check #events in the CAT slack (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CDH9TKPMM) for more.
ð¤ Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes. Don’t forget, if you’re looking around, there’s a list of podcasts maintained by CATs (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dCxRnSdgJYehTkPlMA9lNVfw7C9m-mTb2FtIxnbH6AI/edit#gid=0) .
S3E4: Why Net Zero Is Not Enoughâw/ Dr. Holly Jean Buck, author of Ending Fossil Fuels (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S3E4-Why-Net-Zero-Is-Not-Enoughw-Dr–Holly-Jean-Buck–author-of-Ending-Fossil-Fuels-e1entfg) In the fight against climate change, many are working to achieve net zero by 2050. And achieving net zero means leveraging quite a lot of emissions reduction, management, and carbon removal.
241: LADYBIRDS (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1467)
Theyâre not birds, and approximately half arenât ladies. But ladybirds very much ARE beetles, and that alone is reason to celebrate them. Even if they do puke from their knee-joints. 140. Every Country Could Be Carbon Negative with Erika Mouynes (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/140-every-country-could-be-carbon-negative-with-erika-mouynes) âIt doesnât matter what your economy is. Itâs just a matter of deciding of protecting your areas and committing to it.â Last week it was reported that the worldâs governments are currently subsidizing our own destruction to the tune of $1.8 Trillion a yearâ¦yeah. Not good. What does it look like to turn these subsidies around to promote nature, clean energy, and equitable access to energy across continents? Maybe this week we have the answer, because in the midst of those irresponsible subsidies, this week we present a story of responsibility, political courage, and negativity! â¦The good kind.
COW POOP AND COMPOST: DIGESTING THE METHANE MENACE (https://www.climateone.org/audio/cow-poop-and-compost-digesting-methane-menace) Carbon dioxide isnât only greenhouse gas being emitted into the atmosphere thatâs damaging the climate. In a 20-year time frame, methane is actually 80 times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide. These emissions present a significant problem for policy makers and people alike. Over 100 countries, including the US, have signed the Global Methane Pledge. The goal is to reduce methane emissions 30% by 2030.
Podsnacks - summaries of podcasts (https://www.podsnacks.org/p/-10-climate-bites-to-read-this-week-ea8) A bit meta this but… if you’re finding it hard to keep up with some climate podcasts, Podsnacks is a new project to summarizes key highlights of recent podcasts, including climate ones. Itâs like CliffsNotes for podcasts. By CAT member @Laura Kania
ð° News Highlights
What does Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine mean for energy and climate change? (https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-mean-for-energy-and-climate-change) The carbon brief on the developing situation, which is largely being financed by proceeds from selling oil and gas. As ever, it’s not brief, but it is good.
A view from Russia of the invasino of Ukraine (http://deryugina.com/a-view-from-russian-academia/) It’s important to understand that Putin is not Russia, and that protesting in Russia is definitely not like protesting in places like the United States or parts of Western Europe. This post gives some useful context for understanding the the media and political landscape is like, and the risks being taken by the people in Russia currently protesting.
LinkedInâs Global Green Skills Report (https://linkedin.github.io/global-green-report-2022/) LinkedInâs Global Green Skills Report, is full of charts outlining the new skills and jobs emerging, as well as showing various trends.
Frugal computing (https://wimvanderbauwhede.github.io/articles/frugal-computing/) On the need for low-carbon and sustainable computing and the path towards zero-carbon computing.
Why is a tech billionaire trying to buy Australiaâs dirtiest energy company AGL? (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/22/why-is-a-tech-billionaire-trying-to-buy-australias-dirtiest-energy-company-agl) The plan? Buyou the coal plants, shut them down early, replace with renewables and still make money from doing so.
ESG Funds Managing $1 Trillion Are Stripped of Sustainable Tag by Morningstar (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-10/funds-managing-1-trillion-stripped-of-esg-tag-by-morningstar) ESG funds representing more than $1 trillion in assets arenât delivering on their stated environmental, social or governance goals, according to one of the main researchers tracking the market.
Tencent pledges to become carbon neutral by 2030 (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-02-24-tencent-pledges-to-become-carbon-neutral-by-2030) Chinese company to switch to green energy fully by the end of the decade.
Beyond âSustainabilityâ: How to Engage Non-Activists in the Climate Challenge (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-sustainability-how-engage-non-activists-climate-ally-kingston) This article was co-authored with Louise Mclaren and originally published on WARC. If youâre working in advertising today, you may well find yourself with an inbox full of sustainability briefs.
AWS’s own carbon footprint tool launched (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/03/aws-launches-customer-carbon-footprint-tool/) All three cloud providers have their own carbon footprint metric tools now.
ð± A cutting from Branch ð± Branch is our own publication, about climate and tech, by CATs and for CATs. Join us in Branch issue 3 as we dive deep into solarpunk, a vision for a fossil-free internet, decolonizing the Green New Deal, tech workers unionizing and saying no to fossil fuels, green software practices, and combating climate disinformation and adtech. What We Can Do Better: Managing Change in Businesses (https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-3/what-we-can-do-better-managing-change-in-businesses/)
Cathleen Berger shares her experience in building out Mozillaâs sustainability programme and gives advice for tech workers seeking to change their businesses
ð¬ CAT videos ð¬ CAT videos, geddit? 10-15 minute videos providing accessible explainers to topics related to climate.
How to recycle the unrecyclable (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPEDdrGDGrs) The global plastic problem is getting even bigger, but there might be a solution to battle it that has been around for decades: chemical recycling. But do technological improvements make it recycle the unrecyclable? This vid explains the trade-offs available for the other way of recycling plastic, and the drivers behind it.
ð¼ Jobs & Opportunities
Also! Don’t forget the super handy “climate careers page” on outline (https://climate-tech.getoutline.com/doc/climate-careers-O56ZGk7fKt) listing a bunch of useful resources and sites to check.
Remember only jobs listing salary ranges are listed here - to get your job listed, you need to list a salary range. Folks can still look in the #jobs channel. COGO - DevOps Engineer UK - £60,000-£75,000 (https://cogo.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=56&source=bamboohr) We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to work between our UK Product Team and our New Zealand engineering team. In the UK youâd be monitoring, diagnosing and resolving service and infrastructure reliability issues for our UK and European partners . Youâd also be a remote member of our New Zealand technical team, helping to deliver a high quality platform and scale our systems. As part of a small team youâll have a large impact on the technical direction of the platform, and play a big part in supporting the future growth of Cogo.
COGO - Client Delivery Manager - Japan - Â¥7,00,000 to Â¥9,000,000 (https://cogo.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=51&source=bamboohr) This role combines client management, product delivery, creativity and problem solving skills. It advises and guides our clients - including major financial institutions - to deliver on Cogoâs vision to their customers. This position works closely with sales, clients, product and engineering experts at Cogo, and helps to turn high level visions into detailed designs, and brings together the teams to deliver. This role places itself, the client and the delivery team at the epicenter of a multi-disciplinary, dispersed group of experts, to coordinate and transform visions of world-first solutions into technical realities.
OWLG - Data Scientist (https://www.olwg.co.uk/) - £30-45k depending on experience (https://www.olwg.co.uk/) We are looking for a purpose-driven mathematical data-lover to help our climate-action startup expand our suite of energy project screening tools. These models are designed to assist project developers & investors to draw clear comparisons between competing decarbonisation projects that have complex + uncertain features. The ideas/ algorithms to be used in the models will be supplied by other engineers, so collaborating on data source + end use will be a feature of this role. We also need help maintaining our Company data in a central âsingle source of truthâ that is secure, remotely-accessible and easy to maintain + analyse. There are likely to be opportunities to participate in and learn from flagship energy transition developments in UK and possibly overseas.
Propagate - Senior Software Engineer (https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/propagate/63d6312d-d2d2-465f-9a4e-d002337da6c6) - USD 100k-130k + stock based on experience (http://https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/propagate/63d6312d-d2d2-465f-9a4e-d002337da6c6) We are an early stage start-up helping farmers and landowners adopt agroforestry. Our product, Overyield, is a SaaS that helps people design and implement agroforestry systems including visual layout, economic modeling and carbon sequestration potential. Tech: Fullstack, ReactJS, Ruby, Python, MongoDB
Supercritical - Account Executive - Sales (https://apply.workable.com/supercritical/j/3B6FB167BF/) - £45,000 - £55,000 (https://apply.workable.com/supercritical/j/3B6FB167BF/) Supercritical - Marketing Lead (https://apply.workable.com/supercritical/j/8C6412BBFA/) - £75,000 - £85,000 (https://apply.workable.com/supercritical/j/8C6412BBFA/) Supercritical - Operations Associate (https://apply.workable.com/supercritical/j/6790D42697/) - £35,000 - £50,000 (http://https://apply.workable.com/supercritical/j/6790D42697/) Supercriticalâs mission is to help businesses get to net zero and to scale carbon removal technologies. Weâre building software to enable companies to understand their climate impact and purchase high quality carbon removal offsets.
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