Top news of the week: 28.11.2022.
What “longtermism” gets wrong about climate change
A new movement and a popular new book argue that climate change is not an existential threat to humans. That’s a dangerous claim.
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Sustainable consumption and production is about doing more and better with less. It is also about decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation,
AI will change the world, but won’t take it over by playing “3-dimensional chess”.
By Boaz Barak andBen Edelman • [Disclaimer: Predictions are very hard, especially about the future. In fact, this is one of the points of this essay. Hence, while for concreteness, we ...
The IEAI and TUM Sustainability Day
The 27th of October 2022 marked the first TUM Sustainability day, which focused on demonstrating the steps taken toward the implementation of the sustainable strategy for the university.
Hamed Alemohammad to lead new Center for Geospatial Analytics
Hamed Alemohammad has long been interested in adapting new technologies to organize and analyze massive amounts of geospatial data, particularly those collected through satellites. He’s ...
VIA Rail extends AI-powered pilot project for reducing fuel-consumption inefficiencies
Via Rail's experiment with artificial intelligence reduces greenhouse gasses and fuel consumption by 15 per cent.
Why is the pharmaceutical industry so vulnerable to water-related climate risks?
The pharmaceutical industry emits more greenhouse gases than the automotive industry. This makes them vulnerable to transition risk, but what about physical risk, and specifically why is ...
How do we ensure humanity stays ahead of technology?
Technology is changing how we live and work. But what could happen if those advances move so fast that business and government can’t keep up? Listen now.