Recharge your batteries with us: – an empowering journey through the energy transition
Salacidre, JulianeB
39th Chaos Communication Congress (39C3): Power Cycles · Day 2 · Saal Ground
This talk, "Recharge your batteries with us: – an empowering journey through the energy transition," delivered by JulianeB and Salacidre at 39C3, offers a much-needed optimistic perspective on the global effort to combat the climate crisis. While the standard context for such a technical article might typically involve cybersecurity or digital security, this presentation delves into the triumphs and ongoing challenges of shifting towards renewable energy. The speakers, a physicist specializing in advanced solar materials and a climate scientist deeply involved in grassroots activism, aimed to counteract the pervasive sense of despair surrounding climate change by highlighting concrete successes in technological innovation, political action, and community engagement.