S1E110: Big tech can help firms and consumers be more active "climate game changers": Google's chief sustainability officer

Technology has the tools to help all of us cut our emissions. But
to be credible, big tech firms also need to cut their own large
carbon footprints. 


Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


A lot of technology at the centre of our lives, from data centres
to laptop computers to video streaming and our data-hungry mobile
phones, requires a lot of energy. So, what is the solution? And
can clever technology really help all of us cut our carbon
footprints?


Who better to tell us about this than Ms Kate Brandt, the chief
sustainability officer for Google. The tech giant is also
developing products and services that help people around the
world cut their emissions.


ST’s climate change editor David Fogarty hosts Ms
Brandt to discuss Google’s initiatives to cut emissions right
across its operations and some of the new technologies that can
help its billions of daily users shrink their carbon
bubbles. 


Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):


4:14 What are people searching for regarding steps they can take
to cut carbon pollution?


7:21 How is tech/AI saving people during extreme weather events,
such as early warning systems?


09:53 Steps Google is taking to cut its own emissions


13:57 What are some of the climate tech tools available, or soon
to be available, in Singapore?


16:17 Ms Brandt's reflections from her discussions with political
and business leaders at the New York Climate Week in September
2023


Produced by: David Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis,
Hadyu Rahim & Amirul Karim


Edited by: Amirul Karim


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