Tech and the Living World

Even though biodiversity seems to be currently on everyone’s lips, there is a significant and disturbing gap between the practical attention we pay to the biodiversity agenda and the more high-profile climate crisis agenda. These are the dual existential challenges facing the world.
Capgemini - Tech and the Living World

Co-authored piece by Capgemini and AWS, this intriguing thought leadership comments 

Complex, and with multiple challenges and stakeholders, biodiversity is too often neglected, or even forgotten entirely. Yet the preservation of the living is a major concern. It is, in fact, the other great challenge for humanity - along with global  warming. Indeed, the collapse of biodiversity is a threat to our own human survival  and leads us to question the place of humankind in the global ecosystem. 

In the report you can find the 2021 joint publication from IPBES and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to explore the complex and multiple interconnections between Climate change, the spread of invasive species ,or the overexploitation of resources. 

Biodiversity loss in figures

 

The report highlights an important question- How tech can come to the rescue of the living world? Aurélie Gillon, Sustainability Director  at Capgemini Invent writes 

“The first goal of technology should be to improve human life, but it can paradoxically destroy vital foundations of our life” 

The report asks the readers, what if we gave animals the right to live, for their good, as well as our own? What if we expanded this vision to all living creatures? 

To learn more about this discourse, you can find the full report here