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Jason Tarl Jacques

Jason Tarl Jacques is a lecturer in human-computer interaction and the director of sustainability in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews. [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,…