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Rapid, Far-reaching,
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The climate crisis is happening all around us. As tech workers, we can use our skills to take and accelerate climate action.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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At ClimateAction.tech, we meet, discuss, learn and take climate action together.
We would love for you to join us on Slack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Focus Areas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The internet is the world’s largest machine. If we continue business-as-usual, the IT sector will be responsible for 14% of the world’s carbon emissions by 2040 [HBR<\/em>, 2020<\/a>]. From our community conversations, these 4 subjects have emerged as levers for changing our industry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Business Culture & <\/strong>
Behavior Change<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We want businesses to prioritize climate issues and embed sustainability requirements into the day-to-day work of all employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Green Software
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Software engineers can make decisions which reduce the carbon pollution of their applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sustainable Product <\/strong>
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We can change the product design process to reduce upstream and downstream emissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Low-Carbon
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While we transition to renewable energy, we can align compute load with low-carbon energy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The time to address the climate crisis is now.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We all have a role to play. Everyone is welcome \u2013 we have over 10,000 members working in different industries with different skillsets and experience levels. Some members are just starting to learn about the climate crisis and others have been working on climate solutions for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are just getting started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some of our community projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Advocate & influence<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAT Mini Grants<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We support member projects that advance climate advocacy and benefit the community through the Mini Grant program. Find out more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Speak up<\/strong><\/mark><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Branch Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An online magazine written by and for people who dream of a sustainable and just internet. Produced in collaboration with EIT Climate KIC<\/a>, Mozilla Foundation<\/a>, Green Web Foundation<\/a>. Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Community Climate Action Challenges<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Monthly action challenges that encourage and support CAT members in taking climate action together. Log in with your CAT Slack account to view and contribute to the CAT Action Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Are you ready to decarbonize the tech industry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE FIRST.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
I’M READY TO SIGN UP!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Media Mentions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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\"Project <\/picture><\/a>
Climate Solutions at Work<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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How to Be a Responsible Member of the Interwebs<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Cloud Isn\u2019t Inherently More Sustainable<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4627,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"full-width","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"center","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"off","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[349],"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHome - ClimateAction.Tech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The climate crisis is happening all around us. 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