Climate change: a grand software challenge

Software is a critical enabling technology in nearly all aspects of climate change, from the computational models used by climate scientists to improve our understanding of the impact of human activities on earth systems, through to the information and control systems needed to build an effective carbon-neutral society. Accordingly, we, as software researchers and software practitioners, have a major role to play in responding to the climate crisis. In this paper we map out the space in which our contributions are likely to be needed, and suggest a possible research agenda. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.0 [Software Engineering]: General

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: SIGSOFT
• Authors: Steve M. Easterbrook
• Keywords: Critical Enabling Technology, Effective Carbon-neutral Society, SIGSOFT 2010, Software, Software Engineering