"Two-thirds of the world's disasters are natural disasters: earthquakes, landslides, storms, floods, extreme heat. In 2022, here in the UK, because of extreme heat waves, two major NHS hospitals suffered IT failures. This impacted patient care. Natural disasters are getting worse, more frequent, more intense, and they are affecting everything, including digital systems."
"The tech sector is 6% of the global emissions. When I talk about emissions, I'm talking about greenhouse gas emissions. This surpasses the whole airline industry. Because of AI, emissions are estimated to triple by 2030. We have to do something, if not, we won't meet Paris goals."
"One thing I want to make sure, I think, is to be all aware that we are now building tech in a new operating context, an operating context of a destabilized world. This is our new design constraint. Emissions are design constraints. Planet boundaries are design constraints. Regulations are also design constraints."
Natural disasters are intensifying globally and increasingly impact digital systems. The tech sector generates 6% of global emissions, exceeding the airline industry, with AI projected to triple emissions by 2030. Meeting Paris Agreement targets requires 45% emission reductions by 2030 and net zero by 2050. Current tech sector emissions trends threaten these goals. Green IT transformation is essential across organizations. Building technology requires recognizing a destabilized world as the new operating context, where emissions and planetary boundaries function as design constraints alongside regulatory requirements. Tech leaders must prioritize sustainability to prevent catastrophic climate outcomes.
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