Liberal democracies are today confronted with a wave of popular distrust in their ability to serve the majority of their citizens and solve the multiple crises that threaten our future. This threatens to lead us into a world of dangerous populist policies exploiting the anger without addressing the real risks, ranging from climate change to unbearable inequalities, or major global conflicts. To avert major damages to humanity and the planet, we must urgently get to the root causes of people’s resentment.
Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
Germany’s recent climate policies move emissions projections downwards, but the three-party coalition government remains significantly divided on comprehensive action across all sectors, putting the country’s climate targets in danger.
Emmanuel Macron vient d'annoncer que "la France se retirait du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie", ce Traité qui retarde, renchérit ou bloque la transition énergétique...
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S. Monserrate. MIT Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing, (Jan 27, 2022)https://mit-serc.pubpub.org/pub/the-cloud-is-material.
Convention citoyenne pour le climat. PDF, (June 2020)Rapport de la Convention citoyenne pour le climat à l’issue de son adoption formelle dimanche 21 juin 2020..