Science Daily February 15, 2024
Current technological systems are exacerbating climate change and the wholesale conversion of the Earth’s ecosystems. Adopting new technologies, such as clean energy technologies and artificial intelligence, may be necessary for addressing these crises. Such transformation is not without risks, but it may help set human civilizations on a path to a sustainable future. An international team of researchers (USA – UC Irvine, University of Kansas, Oregon State University, MIT, New Zealand) provided an integrative review of approaches that scholars and practitioners have taken in enacting technological change, and provide a framework for how these approaches fit together. The goal of this framework is to allow people and organizations working with technology to utilize these approaches in a complementary way, and thereby to support more effectively the transition to a sustainable future… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ
… Fossil fuels are heavily involved in the production, use, and disposal/… Credit: Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 434, 1 January 2024 140074