Emerging New Jobs
(This is an on-going listing of new and emerging jobs I come across during my research. The entry date aims to give a time context. Each entry also has a short-hand for what area the job relates: AI for Artificial [read more]
climate change
Sustainability and the Digital World – teach the sustainable development framework to engineering students
We are on the path of digitalizing everything that can be digital and that is pretty much everything. There is no going back to the analog world of the past. And, many of us are already too used to the [read more]
Climate Change pledges: Real or just greenwashing?
Climate change pledges are everywhere lately. Companies, countries, international organizations, cities, universities, and even individual buildings are going “carbon neutral” or “net zero emission” or “carbon negative” by some future date – usually 2050, but some as early as 2030 [read more]
Jargon is reducing support for climate change action
While attending a recent virtual seminar on economics of climate change, I was struck by the poor communication skills of these impressive economists with PhDs from impressive universities, not to mention multiple books and countless articles under their belt. Yet [read more]