Communications of the ACM
Good, Better, Best: How Sustainable Should Computing Be?
It has been quite a year. Increasing numbers of uncontrolled wildfires and extreme weather events have inspired new awareness and activism around climate change. This awareness has reached a broad range of computing communities: software and system developers, cloud operators, researchers and academics, policymakers, and increasingly business executives. The awakening of the community is evident in common questions: What is the problem? What can I do? Why can't we do that? And there have been especially vibrant debates around AI/ML's growing environmental impact.
As financial pressures on climate risk and reputation grow, computing industry executives have made new commitments to reduce carbon emissions and impact.
As financial pressures on climate risk and reputation grow, computing industry executives have made new commitments to reduce carbon emissions and impact. They are responding to pressure and expectations of investors, peers, and customers. How much should we demand?
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