Matthew Archer
assistant professor at maastricht university interested in political ecology, sts, sustainability, supply chains, environmental anthropology, china, circularity, sci fi, and lots of other stuff
book! https://nyupress.org/9781479822027/unsustainable/
book! https://nyupress.org/9781479822027/unsustainable/
DICE: A fundamentally flawed modelwww.energiogklima.no William Nordhaus won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for a model designed to assess the economic consequences of climate change. But it is fundamentally unreliable, say leading economists.
How Tech Companies Are Obscuring AI’s Real Carbon Footprintwww.bloomberg.com Tech giants leading the AI race have found a way to conceal the climate impact of their growing electricity use: unbundled renewable energy certificates.
Amazon's Own Carbon Offset Standard Sparks Concerns Over Market Confusioncarboncredits.com The top rated website for carbon credits, carbon markets, carbon offsets, carbon pricing, carbon news, esg investing, netzero and more.
Matthew Archer, "Unsustainable: Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability" (NYU Press, 2024)open.spotify.com Episode · New Books in Anthropology · In recent years, companies have felt the pressure to be transparent about their environmental impact. Large documents containing summaries of yearly emissions rat...
Unsustainablenyupress.org A behind-the-scenes look at how corporate and financial actors enforce a business-friendly approach to global sustainabilityIn recent years, companies have f...
Cut the 'AI' bullshit, UCPH — University Postuniavisen.dk Why do we keep believing that AI will solve the climate crisis, get rid of poverty, and unleash the full potential of human creativity?
Unsustainablenyupress.org A behind-the-scenes look at how corporate and financial actors enforce a business-friendly approach to global sustainabilityIn recent years, companies have f...
David Berman’s Edge Cities: Poetry, Commercial Real Estate, Municipal Feeling - Post45post45.org In Roe Ethridge’s cover photograph for David Berman’s book of poems Actual Air (1999), two glass office towers rise over a row of pines (fig. 1). Below, a dry and grassy wastage does a poor impression...