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Bourhan Yassin became the CEO of Rainforest Connection in 2022 after years of working in tech. Rainforest Connection gets a tech upgradeA few years ago, Rainforest Connection switched from cellphones to a custom-made device called the Guardian. To access a 3G or 4G signal, Rainforest Connection points the Guardian's antennas toward the cellphone tower of a nearby town. For example, Rainforest Connection has previously collaborated in Puerto Rico with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where 5G coverage is expanding. Before he worked with Rainforest Connection, Yassin said he measured success through metrics such as funding.
Persons: Bourhan Yassin, Yassin, , — Yassin, we've Organizations: Rainforest Connection, Guardian, Google, Connection, Guardian ., US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rainforest Locations: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Costa Rica, Kenya, Brazil, Tanzania, Indonesia, Ecuador, Poland, Puerto Rico
Kate Brandt has been working since 2015 to make Google’s operations and products more sustainable and was named its chief sustainability officer in 2018. Early in her career, Brandt worked on climate and energy in the White House, the Pentagon and the Energy Department during the Obama administration. I kind of teared up and felt really excited to see this momentous occurrence in the climate movement. We’re going to see more and more opportunities—whether that’s for governments, for businesses, for nonprofits and NGOs—to use AI to really accelerate their climate work. Google’s total carbon footprint increased last year—what happened?
Persons: Kate Brandt, Brandt, Obama, Kate, I’ve, We’ve, Ben Gomes, Rochelle Toplensky Organizations: Pentagon, Energy Department, Google, UPS, Greenlight, Rainforest, Sustainable Business, Rochelle Locations: Washington, Paris, California, Muir Beach, U.S, Hamburg, Germany
AMP Robotics is just one of more than 44,500 climate tech startups that have emerged since 2010. Last year investors poured $70.1 billion into climate tech, an 89% rise compared with 2021, according to HolonIQ Global Impact Intelligence. While AI tools like Horowitz's waste-sorting robots have been around for years, the advent of generative-AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT has reignited conversations around deploying AI to address societal issues. PersefoniBut researchers warn AI may do more harm than goodResearchers, activists, and climate tech execs agree that AI can't single-handedly cool the planet. AMP RoboticsEven AI climate tech executives see limits to their impactEven climate tech executives believe there are limitations to AI.
Persons: Matanya Horowitz, Horowitz, ChatGPT, Carling Spelhaug, Sasha Luccioni, Luccioni, David Rolnick, Banks, James Newsome, Newsome, Rolnick, Bill McKibben, McKibben, Helena Norberg, Hodge, Norberg, OpenAI's ChatGPT Organizations: AMP Robotics, Caltech, Global, Intelligence, Carling, UN, McGill University, Research, Tech, Greenpeace, AMP Locations: Colorado, Africa, South America
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