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Getting to zero The role of technology in fixing the climate crisis and driving us to a better future. By Evan Anderson Last week's Global Report walked us through the potential for the climate crisis to become unmanageable on a shorter timeline than most of us might have expected. This year, in fact, we have put out a number of reports focused on that theme, such is its urgency. That "tipping points" are occurring across all ecosystems (from methane burps in the tundra to hidden lakes of already defrosted water under Greenland's ice sheet) should have been obvious to all of us. This week's IPCC report was filled with countless examples and again offers us timelines and last-minute warnings that will almost surely be moved up as we continue to add greenhouse gases to our environment. So, as with any crisis, after recognizing the problem comes the important question: what about solutions? SNS is focused, after all, on technology and how to solve the world's greatest problems. Worryingly, at times we see some rather uninformed debates taking place among the general public that effectively fall along the lines of "Technology can't help us - it's what got us here." While the second part is true, the first is definitely not. |
