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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force.

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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

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The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? Why should members care about climate change? Rahman: Climate change is an existential threat to humanity.

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Good news – the world has a real chance of achieving its goal of tripling renewables by 2030

Electrek

The world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 –and that means it has a real chance of achieving the goal set by governments at the COP28 climate change conference of tripling global capacity by 2030.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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Moreira’s technology also helps to track the effects of climate change. While attending his second conference, he says, he realized that by not being a member he was “missing out on many important things” such as networking opportunities, so he joined. He says IEEE has played an important role throughout his career.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk to speak at Code Conference 2021

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk will speak at Code Conference 2021 in Beverly Hills, according to the event’s website. The Code Conference is set for September 27th through the 29th, 2021, and will be held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. The site recently added Musk to its extensive list of confirmed speakers.

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COP26 Daily Briefing: 3 big things that happened on November 5

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The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021 , is under way in Glasgow. Here’s Electrek ‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever. more… The post COP26 Daily Briefing: 3 big things that happened on November 5 appeared first on Electrek.

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COP26 Daily Briefing: 3 big things that happened on November 12

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The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021 , has officially finished in Glasgow. But the final agreement has not yet been put in place, and that will likely come over the weekend. Here’s Electrek ‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever.