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Times of (climate) crisis - How and why sustainable software is a must!
#1about 3 minutes
The undeniable evidence of the climate crisis
Rising global temperatures, shrinking ice shelves, and increasing natural disasters demonstrate the urgent reality of climate change.
#2about 2 minutes
Why we struggle to act on the climate crisis
Constant exposure to negative news leads to "disaster fatigue," while competing crises like housing and healthcare divert attention and resources.
#3about 3 minutes
Defining sustainability with the ESG framework
Sustainability is broken down into ecological, social, and economic pillars, with the ESG framework providing a way for investors to measure a company's impact.
#4about 5 minutes
How global competition drives sustainability legislation
Governments worldwide are enacting laws like the European Green Deal and the US Inflation Reduction Act to gain a competitive advantage in sustainable technologies.
#5about 3 minutes
The dual role of software as solution and problem
While software can enable sustainability goals, the "induction effect" means new technologies like AI also create significant new resource consumption.
#6about 4 minutes
Identifying key impact areas in software architecture
Software's environmental impact stems from processing, storage, and data transmission, with unused "dark data" being a major source of waste.
#7about 4 minutes
Using the Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) standard
The Green Software Foundation's ISO standard helps measure software's carbon footprint by focusing on energy efficiency, hardware efficiency, and carbon awareness.
#8about 4 minutes
How to advocate for sustainability as resource efficiency
To gain buy-in from management, frame sustainability initiatives not as an ecological cost but as a direct path to improved resource efficiency and cost savings.
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