Sustainable Cloud
• Episode 2
Dr Charlie Gardner, conservation scientist, on the role of tech in crucial climate action
With the climate crisis reaching a crucial tipping point, our actions in the next decade will determine every aspect of our future. What’s needed is a social movement that drives rapid and transformative climate action; with the tech world standing on the crest of that wave.
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To help unpack the climate action landscape and the role technology for much-needed innovation, Dr Charlie Gardner joins Todd Jordan on The CEO.digital Show. Dr Gardner is a conservation scientist and an associate professor at the University of Kent. His knowledge and passion for the topic shine through during this in-depth interview.
Insights you can look forward to in this episode include:
[02:29] Why business leaders need to think beyond quarterly concerns
[10:28] Technology as an ally in the fight against climate change
[16:44] Why Net Zero is not enough, and the need to reduce carbon concentrations rather than just stabilise them
[18:54] Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and how aware we should be of each
[22:43] Communicating the impact of climate action
[28:20] Good news for the future
We need to be orienting ourselves around the technologies of the future, the energy technologies of the future, not the energies of the past... The companies that decided to invest in typewriters and fax machines don't exist anymore.
– Dr Charlie Gardner, Conservation scientist
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Dr Charlie Gardner,Conservation scientist and Senior Associate Lecturer, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology
Dr Charlie Gardner is a conservation scientist and Senior Associate Lecturer at the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. He has a long history of volunteering and groundbreaking conservation work, including helping NGOs establish nature reserves co-managed by local communities, and preserving endangered species of birds from the brink of extinction in Mauritius.
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