{"id":23676,"date":"2020-04-28T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cebds.org\/noticia\/uma-sociedade-saudavel-requer-um-planeta-saudavel\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T15:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:03:02","slug":"uma-sociedade-saudavel-requer-um-planeta-saudavel","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/cebds.org\/en\/noticia\/uma-sociedade-saudavel-requer-um-planeta-saudavel\/","title":{"rendered":"A healthy society requires a healthy planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Brad Smith announces new step towards sustainability for 2020 with focus on protecting and preserving the world's biodiversity<\/em><\/p>\n

Microsoft has committed to setting goals that will increasingly contribute to its sustainability efforts. In January, the company launched the Microsoft Carbon Initiative, which aims to make the company\u2019s carbon footprint negative within the next decade. Despite the COVID-19 crisis shaping daily life for everyone, sustainability issues have become no less urgent or important. That\u2019s why today, Microsoft President Brad Smith is announcing the second step in its sustainability efforts for 2020, focusing on preserving and protecting biodiversity and the health of the world\u2019s ecosystems.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever we take on a new and complex societal issue, we strive to first learn and then define a principles-based approach to guide our efforts. This has been fundamental to our work around privacy protection, the ethical development of AI, our aggressive carbon targets, and our approach to biodiversity and ecosystems. Today, we are adopting four principles to guide our work to help achieve the global biodiversity goals,\u201d said Brad Smith, Microsoft CEO.<\/span><\/p>\n

Four principles adopted to guide our work to help achieve global biodiversity targets:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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  1. Put data and digital technology to work. We can\u2019t solve a problem we don\u2019t fully understand. That\u2019s why we\u2019re going to aggregate environmental data from around the world and put it to work through computation and machine learning on a new planetary computer.<\/li>\n
  2. Empower partners and customers around the world. We will use the Planetary Computer to develop and deploy digital technology that helps our partners and customers make environmental decisions across their organizational activities.<\/li>\n
  3. Use our voice on ecosystem-related public policy issues. We will support and advocate for public policy initiatives that measure and manage ecosystems at national and global scales.<\/li>\n
  4. Take responsibility for our land footprint. We will take responsibility for the environmental impacts of our direct operations by protecting more land than we use by 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Putting Data and Digital Technology to Work: The Planetary Computer<\/b><\/h2>\n

    \u201cWe don\u2019t know enough about the species, biodiversity and ecosystems that are vital to our health and prosperity. Simply understanding where the world\u2019s forests, grasslands and waterways are located remains a daunting task of environmental accounting. Understanding how species call these ecosystems home or why they thrive or decline is largely unknown. We simply can\u2019t solve a problem we don\u2019t fully understand,\u201d says Brad.<\/p>\n

    Some points about\u00a0The Planetary Computer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    This Planetary Computer would provide insights into critical questions that scientists, conservation organizations, and businesses already ask every day, often without an easy way to get a locally relevant answer. For example:<\/p>\n

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