Fundación Avina and Open Society Foundations, in partnership with Espai Societat Oberta de Barcelona, have joined forces to launch the 1st International Conference Series to broach the intersection of these global challenges. Our goal is to facilitate collaborative innovation through the sharing of information, opinions, reflections, and experiences and by connecting activists and organizations that represent a broad range of perspectives.
ABOUT US
The climate emergency and the digitalization of society are causing monumental transformations and impacts worldwide, presenting immediate challenges for humankind.
The need to curb the effects of climate change is urging us toward collective action in an increasingly digital society where technology plays a pivotal role. At the same time, digital transformation and climate change are not separate issues. They are a joint problem, but currently, there is little discussion about technology and the digital world through a climate lens.
How much carbon does the digital infrastructure emit? Is it possible to reduce its climate footprint? What is the relationship between digitalization and deforestation? Can the accumulation of information in the digital space be reduced?
Is data about this needed to monitor climate action? What is the potential of artificial intelligence to reduce climate impact? Could climate action and civic engagement be accelerated in the digital space? These questions are part of a debate that neither intends to blame the climate crisis on technology nor solve it by digitizing social interactions.
ABOUT US
The climate emergency and the digitalization of society are causing monumental transformations and impacts worldwide, presenting immediate challenges for humankind.
The need to curb the effects of climate change is urging us toward collective action in an increasingly digital society where technology plays a pivotal role. At the same time, digital transformation and climate change are not separate issues. They are a joint problem, but currently, there is little discussion about technology and the digital world through a climate lens.
How much carbon does the digital infrastructure emit? Is it possible to reduce its climate footprint? What is the relationship between digitalization and deforestation? Can the accumulation of information in the digital space be reduced?
Is data about this needed to monitor climate action? What is the potential of artificial intelligence to reduce climate impact? Could climate action and civic engagement be accelerated in the digital space? These questions are part of a debate that neither intends to blame the climate crisis on technology nor solve it by digitizing social interactions.
PROGRAM
All events have translation (English – Spanish)
| From the digital revolution to the climate crisis: the new challenges of humanity
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Time: Description: The conference will open a dialogue on the ethical limits of a westernized digitization based on consumption and accumulation, as well as the opportunities that technology offers to think about new alternative collaborative paradigms that contribute to tackling climate change. The session will include the opening remarks of the co-organizers. |
DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT Every week you will receive the links for the sessions, |
| Internet infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence
Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Time: Description: This session aims to reveal the infrastructure and energy resources that are needed to support digitization, massive data processing and most Artificial Intelligence developments, emphasizing the ecological footprint of its processes. |
DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT Every week you will receive the links for the sessions, |
| Open Data for Climate Action
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Time: Description: This session will present examples of civic technology and citizen science that make use of public data and / or generated by the citizens themselves (data crowdsourcing), as well as some open source tools to deal with climate solutions. The potential of different technologies as catalizator of data access will be addressed. |
DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT Every week you will receive the links for the sessions, |
| New forms of citizen mobilization for climate action
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Time: Description: The session will address how technology is a mechanism to demand rights and complaints not only from the articulation of activism in the digital space and the generation of public opinion, but also technological applications for monitoring and accountability. The session will feature the intervention of two speakers and the presentation of different cases of technological applications for climate action at the local level. |
DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT Every week you will receive the links for the sessions, |
| The future of sustainable food and digitization
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Time: Description: The session will present different cases of the food sector as a case study of the intersection between digital platformization and the agroecological sector as a commitment to food sovereignty in a context of climate crisis. Every week you will receive the links for the sessions, |
| Digital consumption and scarcity: how much energy do technologies consume?
Date: Monday, March 7, 2022 Time: Description: The objective of this session is to delve into the energy consumption of digital accumulation including the collection, processing and maintenance of both data and servers – cloud, streaming, on demand, etc. It will talk about making data “greener” and initiatives by cloud providers to reduce their energy footprint, switching to renewable energy sources and driving efficiency gains to moderate energy consumption from the cloud. Every week you will receive the links for the sessions, |
| Are other sustainable futures possible in a digitalized society?
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Time: Every week you will receive the links for the sessions, |
| From the digital revolution to the climate crisis: the new challenges of humanity
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Time: Description: The conference will open a dialogue on the ethical limits of a westernized digitization based on consumption and accumulation, as well as the opportunities that technology offers to think about new alternative collaborative paradigms that contribute to tackling climate change. The session will include the opening remarks of the co-organizers. DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT Every week you will receive the links for the sessions, |
Date
Tuesday, February 1, 2022.
Time
10:30 from Mexico City.
11:30 from Lima.
13:30 from São Paulo.
17:30 from Barcelona.
You can check the schedule in your city, here.
Description: This session aims to reveal the infrastructure and energy resources that are needed to support digitization, massive data processing and most Artificial Intelligence developments, emphasizing the ecological footprint of its processes.
DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT
Every week you will receive the links for the sessions,
book it on your calendar!
Open Data for Climate Action
Date
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Duration
60 minutes
Time
10:30 from Mexico City.
11:30 from Lima.
13:30 from São Paulo.
17:30 from Barcelona.
You can check the schedule in your city, here.
Description
This session will present examples of civic technology and citizen science that make use of public data and / or generated by the citizens themselves (data crowdsourcing), as well as some open source tools to deal with climate solutions. The potential of different technologies as catalizator of data access will be addressed.
DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT
Every week you will receive the links for the sessions,
book it on your calendar!
Date
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Duration
60 minutes
Time
10:30 from Mexico City
11:30 from Lima
13:30 from São Paulo
17:30 from Barcelona
You can check the schedule in your city, here.
Description
The session will address how technology is a mechanism to demand rights and complaints not only from the articulation of activism in the digital space and the generation of public opinion, but also technological applications for monitoring and accountability. The session will feature the intervention of two speakers and the presentation of different cases of technological applications for climate action at the local level.
DO NOT MISS THE NEXT EVENT
Every week you will receive the links for the sessions,
book it on your calendar!
The future of sustainable food and digitization
Date
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Duration
60 minutes
Time
10:30 from Mexico City
11:30 from Lima
13:30 from São Paulo
17:30 from Barcelona
You can check the schedule in your city, here.
Description
The session will present different cases of the food sector as a case study of the intersection between digital platformization and the agroecological sector as a commitment to food sovereignty in a context of climate crisis.
Date
Monday, March 7, 2022
Duration
60 minutes
Time
10:30 from Mexico City
11:30 from Lima
13:30 from São Paulo
17:30 from Barcelona
You can check the schedule in your city, here.
Description
The objective of this session is to delve into the energy consumption of digital accumulation including the collection, processing and maintenance of both data and servers – cloud, streaming, on demand, etc. It will talk about making data “greener” and initiatives by cloud providers to reduce their energy footprint, switching to renewable energy sources and driving efficiency gains to moderate energy consumption from the cloud.
| Are other sustainable futures possible in a digitalized society?
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