Gerry McGovern

Climate Change Environmental Sustainability

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Gerry McGovern is the developer of the research method Top Tasks. He has published eight books and his latest, World Wide Waste, examines the impact digital is having on the environment. The Irish Times describes Gerry as one of five visionaries who have impacted web development.

Victoria Harvey

Jun 07 2022

Why our data is driving climate change

Illuminem Voices

Environmental Sustainability · Climate Change

It seems like humans only register the threat of climate change if they can see it or feel it. If everything around us looks normal, then the immediate threat of climate change is just too far beyond our understanding. It’s one of the reasons that big data is contributing to the problem, its invisible, intangible, we cannot see it or feel it.