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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Aepasek@scholar.social ("Anne Pasek") wrote:
The Critical Carbon Computing Collective's issue of Branch is now up!
We have a set of 4 keyword docs + an intro outlining our shared thinking on role of💻s in climate politics, widely defined.
Digital enviro governance is complicated! Let's talk about it!
Attachments:
- Introducing Carbon Computing Computers lie at the heart of climate politics. Computationally-intensive models frame and constitute how governing bodies and public perception alike understands the problem of climate change, while a growing number of digital tools and systems are positioned as the solution to the climate crisis. The urgency of global warming isn’t in dispute but how the computing tech industry is setting the terms and horizons for mega climate change projects should be understood and recalibrated. This inquiry attends to the material realities of computing technologies—including labor, supply chains, and digital infrastructures—and to the widespread faith that digital solutions and technological management are the best and only responses to climate change. Even when carbon reporting mechanisms and software tooling intended to reduce GHG emissions are most effective, it is unclear if 1) carbon cost numbers are accurate across fully supply chains, 2) measuring and reporting emissions leads to substantial reductions in GHG emissions (measurement is not the same as action), and 3) an outsized focus on decarbonization casts aside or, at the very least, deprioritizes other crucial environmental and social factors. (remote)
