The hottest Climate Substack posts right now

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Climate and AI

Climateer • 2 HN points • 02 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Climate AI Energy Impact Efficiency
  1. AI may not have a significant impact on climate change outcomes in the near future, as energy usage for AI is relatively small globally.
  2. Speculations about AI helping reduce emissions are often vague and may not be primarily driven by AI enhancements, but rather other barriers like regulatory issues.
  3. In the long term, the impact of AI on climate change is uncertain, as AI could eventually lead to substantial efficiency improvements, but it's hard to predict the exact outcomes.

So what makes a city more walkable?

intellectualinting • 1 HN point • 21 Feb 24
🏝 Travel Urban planning Infrastructure Public Transportation Climate Safety
  1. Walkability in a city is about the ability for a random citizen to live happily without a car or reliance on private transport services.
  2. Factors like density, localized distribution of resources, proper infrastructure, public transportation, connectedness, and climate/play a vital role in determining a city's walkability.
  3. The idea of walkability may differ among individuals, with personal preferences affected by lifestyle, wealth, and cultural norms.
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Welcoming Grace Penders to Equal Ventures

Equal Ventures • 0 implied HN points • 17 Feb 24
💼 Business Venture Capital Climate Team Dynamics Recruitment
  1. Grace Penders joins Equal Ventures as the new Climate Product Owner, bringing impressive expertise and passion for the sector.
  2. Grace's personal qualities, like a knack for finding unrevealed insights and a team-first mentality, stood out in her candidacy for the role.
  3. Equal Ventures focuses on building enduring partnerships with founders, and Grace's addition is expected to further strengthen these relationships.

Equal's 2023 Research POV

Equal Ventures • 0 implied HN points • 17 Jan 23
💼 Business Retail Supply Chain Insurance Climate
  1. Retail sector is shifting focus from growth to fundamentals due to choppy economic conditions in 2023. Brands outsourcing non-core competencies like brick & mortar retail.
  2. Supply chain disruptions persist in 2023. Opportunities in restructuring manufacturing supply chains, filling labor gaps, and managing freight market downturn.
  3. Insurance sector sees focus on profitability, capital efficiency, and product differentiation. Trends in specialty lines, embedded solutions, and broker digitization.

Tim Cook says AI is the key to fighting climate change, Stability AI CEO resigns and more

aiproinsights • 0 implied HN points • 24 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Climate Aviation
  1. Tim Cook highlights AI as crucial in addressing climate change by aiding companies to lower emissions and become carbon neutral.
  2. Stability AI CEO resigns amidst investor pressure and internal strife, now focusing on addressing power concentration in AI.
  3. Boom Supersonic, a startup pursuing the world's fastest airliner, completes its first flight, called "Baby Boom".

Breaking through hurdles set by economists

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 08 Oct 18
🔬 Science Economics Innovation Climate Growth Technological Change
  1. The work of economists Bill Nordhaus and Paul Romer in integrating innovation and climate with economic growth has played a significant role in breaking down barriers and pushing for policy action.
  2. Nordhaus's approach helped quantify the costs of climate change mitigation, showing that the costs were manageable and shifting the debate from denial to action.
  3. Romer's endogenous growth theory emphasized the importance of science and innovation in driving economic growth, highlighting the need for systems to promote research and development.

Occupy & Klima

Activist Futurism • 0 implied HN points • 20 Sep 21
🌍 World Politics Activism Climate Finance
  1. Activists celebrated the 10 year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, reflecting on the impact it had on movements and society.
  2. The successful launch of KlimaDAO raised over $17 million for buying carbon offsets, showing a strong demand for the project.
  3. The coincidence of Klima's launch with Occupy's anniversary symbolized a passing of the torch to new activist initiatives.

Introducing Software and the Energy Transition

Software and the energy transition • 0 implied HN points • 23 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Energy Software Climate
  1. The climate crisis is a serious concern due to carbon emissions from fossil fuels, and transitioning to renewable energy sources like solar and wind is crucial.
  2. Software plays a vital role in managing energy transition by orchestrating smarter grids, controlling home appliances, and forecasting renewable energy capacity.
  3. Newsletter focuses on software systems aiding the energy transition, particularly in cloud technologies and grid management tools.

Running AMOC

Surfing the Future • 0 implied HN points • 12 Feb 24
🔬 Science Climate Oceanography Research Risk
  1. The ocean/atmosphere system is already changing, and latest studies suggest these changes may have dire implications for the world.
  2. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is at risk of an abrupt shift that could impact global climate regulation.
  3. An article on this topic is recommended reading for political, business leaders, and investors globally.

Today’s Top 5 HN posts

Top 5 HN Posts of the day • 0 implied HN points • 24 May 24
🕹 Technology Hardware Software Climate Jobs AI
  1. Daylight Computer developed a new 60fps e-paper tablet, which could be an interesting tech innovation to watch out for
  2. There is a posting about a cement recycling method that could potentially address a significant climate change challenge, showing promising sustainability efforts
  3. Various job postings from companies like Motion and Checkr indicate active hiring in the tech industry for roles like senior engineers and software engineers

Terra.do, Part 2: Software Stacks in Climate

Solar Powered Data • 0 implied HN points • 30 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Climate Software Data Tech Education Python
  1. The course on Software Stacks in Climate Tech from Terra.do can be beneficial for software engineers interested in climate change
  2. The course content included topics like public data sources, energy modeling, and hardware/software interfaces
  3. The course assignments were challenging, appealing to a wide range of technical backgrounds, and encouraged participants to push themselves to learn and grow

Proof the Greens put ideology over facts in the "Atomausstieg"

aukehoekstra • 0 implied HN points • 26 Apr 24
🌍 World Politics Energy Policy Climate Nuclear Government
  1. The nuclear power debate in Germany is politically charged comparable to significant topics like abortion in the US or Brexit in the UK.
  2. Existing nuclear power plants are viewed as safe and environmentally friendly, with calls to keep them open until coal plants are phased out to avoid worsening climate change.
  3. Politicians, like Habeck, should prioritize facts over ideology and avoid distorting the truth for political reasons, as seen in the 'Atomausstieg' situation.

How Impact Investing Applies to Venture Capital

Digital Native • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 23
💼 Business Education Healthcare Climate Technology
  1. Impact investing intersects with venture capital through startups driving social change at scale.
  2. Education needs innovation to bridge the gap between traditional teaching methods and the fast-changing digital world.
  3. Climate change demands urgent solutions, and startups are key in driving sustainability and innovation across all sectors of business.

Jean-Batiste Joseph Fourier: The Analytical Theory of Heat

The Climate Historian • 0 implied HN points • 18 Mar 22
🔬 Science Mathematics Physics Climate History Theory
  1. Joseph Fourier greatly impacted how scientists understand heat transfer and functions. His work introduced new equations that describe how heat moves through solids.
  2. Fourier was not just a mathematician; he was also deeply involved in the political scene during the French Revolution, even ending up in prison for his beliefs.
  3. In his studies, Fourier explained how the Earth gets its heat from the sun, stars, and its own core. He was one of the first to bring attention to the concept of the greenhouse effect.

Part II. The quest to figure out the origin of rain: weather in digital worlds

Climate Water Project • 0 implied HN points • 08 Aug 23
🔬 Science Climate Weather Models Land use
  1. Air behaves like a fluid and follows laws of fluid dynamics, crucial for weather forecasting and climate modeling.
  2. Adding the water cycle to simulations was complex due to phase changes of water, but approximations were used to model convection and rain interaction with land.
  3. Research shows that land plays a significant role in precipitation recycling, affecting rain patterns globally, and maps have been created to illustrate this relationship.

The Big Lie That Climate Propagandists Don’t Want You To Talk About

A Natural Language • 0 implied HN points • 26 May 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate Environment Propaganda Sustainability Emissions
  1. The big lie climate propagandists push is the carbon accounting framework, which targets specific emissions sources and ignores larger contributors like deforestation.
  2. Forest clear-cutting emits significant carbon dioxide plumes that are often overlooked in carbon accounting, impacting the rise in atmospheric carbon.
  3. Challenging the carbon accounting framework challenges the very foundation of climate propaganda, revealing the flaws in current climate narratives and highlighting the need for accountability.

Disputable Science

A Natural Language • 0 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23
🔬 Science Climate Environment Data Analysis
  1. Natural phenomena like desertification can often be explained by factors such as land stewardship and natural variability rather than solely climate change.
  2. Environmental crises like extinction and overfishing may be more effectively managed by focusing on creating toxin-free habitats and sustainable growing systems.
  3. Human activities like poor water management and forest practices significantly contribute to natural disasters like floods and wildfires.