June 23, 2020

🌎 CAT Newsletter #26 - 2020-06-23 🌏

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Dear CATs,

While social media feeds and the news may be quieting down on anti-racism and the protests, the work is far from done. Some of us had a good chat about the intersections of tech, climate and racism in our last CAT Salon (see @melissa (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UF81YNN8K) ’s amazing deck here (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eDvjVOnBCt3zo5xBA9lSvGwD9XbwG7EBMzc3Ur_ntqE/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p) ) and we now have a #d-antiracism (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C015F2UEAKG) channel for sharing resources, providing a space to ask questions, making mistakes, learning from them and having conversations on the topic.

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💬 CAT Events

ClimateAction.Tech Welcome call (45mins) @mrchrisadams (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UCM06DU1K) and @Sandra (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UM9T8D71B) will be welcoming new and old CATs to talk about what CAT is, our values, how to get involved and we’ll use some of the time to get to know each other a bit. 📅 Thu, June 25, 2020 ⏰ PDT 10-10:45am • EST 1-1:45pm • BST 6-6:45pm • CEST/SAST 7-7:45pm • IST 10:30-11:15pm Sign up here (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIudeGqrDorG9d84nntThbehMGd82yLw-YO) and/or join #d-cat-welcome (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CN459CBN3)

CAT Salon: Climate & investments (1h) @ben (https://climate-tech.slack.com/team/UTVGRAD8F) will be our lead discussant and we’ll touch on investing and sustainability in general and discuss pros/cons of divestment, engagement and shareholder activism strategies. 📅 Tue, June 30, 2020 ⏰ PDT 10-11am • EST 1-2pm • BST 6-7pm • CEST/SAST 7-8pm • IST 10:30-11:30pm Sign up here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdI9QX6lh3IddYo_3ZM3XgVNFvvV_J1jelOC2Xvd4QxgfRKdQ/viewform) and/or join #d-cat-salon (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/C0144BR1CSX)

🎤 Podcasts The latest climate-related podcast episodes.

Building cities using engineered bamboo lumber w/ Troy Carter from Rizome (https://theclimatefix.com/episodes/building-cities-using-engineered-bamboo-lumber-w-troy-carter-from-rizome) 📅 June 17, 2020 Bamboo grows 10x faster and is 2x stronger than wood. It has 2.5x the tensile strength of steel and if we can engineer it into a construction-grade material, it has the potential to reduce our overall carbon footprint by 1%. TheClimateFix.com (https://theclimatefix.com/)

17: S2E17: How does clean energy policy work?—w/ Dr. Leah Stokes, author of Short Circuiting Policy (https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change/S2E17-How-does-clean-energy-policy-work-w-Dr–Leah-Stokes–author-of-Short-Circuiting-Policy-efbcl4)

📅 June 16, 2020 The political process is complex and difficult to follow, no matter how deeply we care about climate policy. And yet, without federal clean electricity standards, energy companies are unlikely to change their behavior. So, what does good environmental policy look like? And what can we do as individuals to advocate for laws that reverse climate change? The Reversing Climate Change Podcast with NORI (https://nori.com/reversing-climate-change)

178: JONATHON PORRITT MEETS SUSTAINABABBLE (http://www.sustainababble.fish/?p=1075)

📅 June 21, 2020 If you’ve taken so much as a passing interest in environmentalism in the UK, you’ll have doubtless encountered the campaigner and writer Jonathon Porritt. Sustainababble (http://www.sustainababble.fish/)

1. Marco Bizzarri and Lucy Siegle are Helping to Fashion The Future (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/57-marco-bizzarri-and-lucy-siegle-are-curing-a-disease-called-fashion) 📅 June 19, 2020 This week on the podcast, we talk about the second most polluting industry in the world, fashion. We talk with President and CEO of Gucci, Marco Bizzarri about why Gucci went carbon neutral with offsets, and how they plan to take their entire supply chain to carbon neutrality without having to pay for offsets. And to achieve that, they’ve launched both #CEOCarbonNeutralChallenge and Equilibrium.Gucci.com. Listen in to hear how they’re going to do it. Outrage! + Optimism (https://outrageandoptimism.libsyn.com/)

TIL about nuclear power (https://climate.mit.edu/podcasts/til-about-nuclear-power) 📅 June 18, 2020 We know how to generate tons of electricity without pumping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, using a technology that’s already mature, widespread, and competitive with fossil fuels – and also, very controversial: nuclear power. In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned Climate), Prof. Jacopo Buongiorno, Director of the MIT Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, sits down with host Laur Hesse Fisher to explore how nuclear power works, why even some climate advocates don’t agree on using it, and what role it can play in our clean energy future. TILclimate Podcast (https://climate.mit.edu/users/tilclimate-podcast)

EMPOWERING WOMEN: THE CLIMATE SOLUTION WE DON’T TALK ABOUT (https://climateone.org/audio/empowering-women-climate-solution-we-don%E2%80%99t-talk-about) 📅 June 19th, 2020 We often talk about climate change and gender equality as separate issues. But the truth is that throughout the world, women’s empowerment is directly linked to the climate fight in many ways, from food security and economic independence to education and reproductive freedom. Climate One (https://climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts)

📰 News Highlights

Inside Microsoft’s Mission to Go Carbon Negative (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-06-04/can-microsoft-halt-climate-change-with-its-carbon-negative-plan?srnd=green) Can the unproven technology Lucas Joppa is betting on arrest the climate crisis in time?

World Resources Institute | Making Big Ideas Happen (https://www.wri.org/) A global research organization working on six critical goals that the world must achieve this decade in order to secure a sustainable future:climate, energy, food, forests,water, cities & transport.

Farfetch Introduces Fashion Footprint Tool (https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/farfetch-fashion-footprint-tool-1203655242/) The online tool will help shoppers track the environmental impact of their purchasing decisions — and the savings made by choosing to buy pre-owned.

BP Takes A $17.5 Billion Hit As Giant Ditches Oil Exploration Projects (https://www.forbes.com/sites/emanuelabarbiroglio/2020/06/19/bp-takes-a-175-billion-hit-as-giant-ditches-oil-exploration-projects/#4e63bc7d56fa) BP expects to hit a value between $13 and $17.5 billion with its assets by the end of June, after abandoning long-term oil and gas exploration projects. Meanwhile, ClientEarth complaint against greenwashing was assessed as “material and substantiated”.

Spain approves push for 100% renewables, bans all new fossil fuel projects (https://reneweconomy.com.au/spain-approves-push-for-100-renewables-bans-all-new-fossil-fuel-projects-63494/) Spain approves ambitious plan to reach net zero emissions “no later than 2050,” including 100% renewable target and a ban on all new fossil fuel projects.

Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/17/climate/virus-emissions-reopening.html) After a drastic decline this spring, global greenhouse gas emissions are now rebounding sharply, scientists reported, as countries relax their coronavirus lockdowns and traffic surges back onto roads. It’s a stark reminder that even as the pandemic rages, the world is still far from getting global warming under control.

💼 Jobs & Opportunities

Sylvera / Open roles (https://www.sylvera.io/careers) Sylvera provides independent, accurate, regular and affordable monitoring of carbon offsets. 💬 Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1592251262329600) to this conversation on Slack

Co-Founder: Front-end Developer (http://thegoodus.co.uk/) We are looking for a co-founder to work on the UI/UX side of our growing start-up. We are currently in a pre-release phase so this is a great opportunity to join at an early stage and contribute to the design and creation of our MVP. As the front-end developer, you will own the UI/UX side, you’ll be responsible for the vision of the product with the autonomy to implement the necessary look & feel to bring the project to life. This is about saving the world as we know it and making ideally a very good returnon our efforts whilst doing it. 💬 Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1592389743336700) to this conversation on Slack

CoGo / Careers (https://nz.cogo.co/join-the-team) We’re a group of sales, marketing, product, impact, operations and technology people out to build an awesome product that will change global consumption patterns. We have just launched a super exciting new feature in the UK and we are looking for passionate people to join our team as we build up for launch in NZ later this year. 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1592419166345900) to this conversation on Slack

Research Software Engineer / Full-Stack Developer (https://iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/workingatiiasa/vacancies/Vacancies.html?jh=bmrc2bjkgeluqnq9u1mg8k3lkxh61cn) The successful candidate will join a small team of software developers working with researchers at ENE and collaborating institutions on further developing and continuously improving tools to support energy- and climate-related research at ENE and in the wider academic community. 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1592520815349600) to this conversation on Slack

Product Designer (https://www.openfoodnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Product-Designer-OFN-2020.pdf) Establish a product design practice at the Open Food Network that ensures quality user experiences are at the heart of our product 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1592554244353000) to this conversation on Slack

Product Manager (https://www.openfoodnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Product-Manager-OFN-2020.pdf) Custodian of the product practice and strategic direction of the Open Food Network eCommerce platform. 💬Reply (https://climate-tech.slack.com/archives/CD5NYP079/p1592554244353000) to this conversation on Slack You made it to the end! 🎉Please share & forward this newsletter to a friend Feedback (https://app.slack.com/client/T4HLEQA3F/CLRPE39NX/thread/C4J8RQ2J3-1568299902.131900) • Subscribe (https://tech.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=08b8a799dd414ce9163cf3474&id=97c1d5f785) • Join CAT (https://climateaction.tech/#join)

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