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Robert Soden

Robert Soden is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto. His research draws on design, social sciences, and the humanities to evaluate and improve the information systems used to respond to environmental challenges like disasters and climate change. [email protected]


There is no plan(et) B: On sustainability and HCI

Posted: Mon, December 23, 2024 - 12:04:00

There is no question that the impacts of climate change are being felt around the world: extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, record heat waves, forest fires, failing crops, the thinnest level of winter ice in the Antarctic. Yet, despite legally binding commitments to cut emissions and not meeting them being business-as-usual, global change has been disappointingly slow. The 1.5-degree goal,…