Brendan
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5/ As historian of science and technology Jean-Baptiste Fressoz has recently written:
"Climate expertise must shift from tech illusions to concrete proposals on sufficiency, redistribution, sectoral degrowth and structural change—or risk delaying meaningful action."
"Climate expertise must shift from tech illusions to concrete proposals on sufficiency, redistribution, sectoral degrowth and structural change—or risk delaying meaningful action."
In tech we trust: A history of technophilia in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) climate mitigation expertise
This article examines the technocentric bias that characterizes climate mitigation literature, focusing on the reports of the IPCC's Working Group III…
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September 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
5/ As historian of science and technology Jean-Baptiste Fressoz has recently written:
"Climate expertise must shift from tech illusions to concrete proposals on sufficiency, redistribution, sectoral degrowth and structural change—or risk delaying meaningful action."
"Climate expertise must shift from tech illusions to concrete proposals on sufficiency, redistribution, sectoral degrowth and structural change—or risk delaying meaningful action."
Good point well made. We can probably rely on the fact this hacks will never learn.
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Good point well made. We can probably rely on the fact this hacks will never learn.
Journalists really need to understand that you are still amplifying the message even when you write with a sneer. That’s how we got Trump.
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Journalists really need to understand that you are still amplifying the message even when you write with a sneer. That’s how we got Trump.