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Planet Progress

By: Google.org Impact Challenge
  • Summary

  • The future - it's closer than you think. But what does it look like? And how do we get there? In this series Dr Hannah Fry meets the organisations who are building a greener, more resilient planet, today. Planet Progress is part of the Google.org Impact Challenge on Climate. Google.org brings the best of Google to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges — combining funding, innovation, and technical expertise to support underserved communities and provide opportunity for everyone. To learn more visit g.co/ClimateChallenge.
    2021
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Episodes
  • 7: De la ferme à la fourchette
    May 28 2021

    La production de nourriture est à l’origine d’un quart des émissions de CO2 dans le monde. Le projet Open Food Facts permet de mieux choisir les produits alimentaires grâce à un Eco-Score présent sur les emballages.

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    26 mins
  • 6: From farm to fork
    May 18 2021

    Food production creates a quarter of global carbon emissions. Open Food Facts want to compute the environmental impact of millions of food products across Europe, and help consumers and producers take action to reduce their carbon footprint. By putting an Eco-Score on every label we can make smarter choices about the food we eat.

    Recorded remotely in April 2021.

    Links

    Open Food Facts website https://world.openfoodfacts.org/

    Planet Progress is part of the Google.org Impact Challenge on Climate. Google.org brings the best of Google to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges — combining funding, innovation, and technical expertise to support underserved communities and provide opportunity for everyone. To learn more, visit g.co/ClimateChallenge

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    24 mins
  • 5: Measure what matters
    May 5 2021

    Normative want to help measure what matters in a sustainable world, and the first step to mitigating climate change is for companies to measure their climate impact. Normative's automated carbon reporting calculates emissions along a business's entire supply chain, and identifies ways for them to reduce their carbon footprint.

    Recorded remotely in April 2021.

    Links

    Normative's website https://normative.io/

    Summa Equity's website https://summaequity.com/

    Peter Singer's TED talk, 'The why and how of effective altruism': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diuv3XZQXyc

    Nick Bostrom's paper, 'Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development': https://www.nickbostrom.com/astronomical/waste.html

    Planet Progress is part of the Google.org Impact Challenge on Climate. Google.org brings the best of Google to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges — combining funding, innovation, and technical expertise to support underserved communities and provide opportunity for everyone. To learn more, visit g.co/ClimateChallenge

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    31 mins

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