I'm a software engineer with a diverse background in backend, frontend development.
How do I find jobs related to tackling global warming and climate change in Europe for an English speaker?
Open to ideas and thoughts.
Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
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Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#2The easiest way to reduce CO2 is to plant a forest, so look for companies that do this.
Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#3Query like this "Ltd. climate change site:co.uk". Ireland, Netherlands or Sweden may also work. Others don't have an English-friendly working environment afaik
Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#4The easiest way to reduce CO2 is to plant a forest, so look for companies that do this.
ecosia.org
Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#5Good luck on that but if you really want to do something, join an organization, protest, etc. We need political power more than we need software right now.
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#6Worked at a startup that unfortunately went under, trying to reuse heat generated in datacenters. (saves on electricity spend on airco and saves on having to generate heat elsewhere)
Luckily some competitors still exist: https://www.cloudandheat.com/ https://www.qarnot.com/fr/home-fr/
Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#7The easiest way to reduce CO2 is to plant a forest, so look for companies that do this.
I was thinking about this yesterday and came up with this question: How many trees would I have to plant, and how long would they have to live to offset my (average Western European) lifetime CO2 contribution?
Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#8Good luck on that but if you really want to do something, join an organization, protest, etc. We need political power more than we need software right now.
You can do both.
Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#9The easiest way to reduce CO2 is to plant a forest, so look for companies that do this.
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Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#10Go outside and plant a tree. Preferably in a tropical area where it is less likely to burn during the summer.
Trees are the cheapest most efficient way to remove carbon from the atmosphere. No other solution comes even remotely close.
You can drive a Prius, become a vegan, and buy solar panels but a person who plants a single acre of trees will have offset an entire lifetime of greenhouse gas production and then some.