GitHub 推出“开发者气候行动计划”，旨在通过技术助力实现净零碳排放。该计划汇集了超过6万个绿色软件和气候相关的 GitHub 存储库，并提供了多种工具和项目，如 Speed & Scale 的净零行动计划、Electricity Maps 的 API 接口、CodeCarbon 的碳排放追踪工具以及 ClimateTriage 的开源项目。 开发者可以利用这些资源，通过代码优化、数据分析和开源协作，积极参与到应对气候变化的行动中。

🚀 **启动气候行动计划：** GitHub 推出了“开发者气候行动计划”，鼓励开发者利用技术应对气候变化，并提供相关工具和项目。

⚡️ **利用 Electricity Maps API：** 开发者可以通过 Electricity Maps API 获取全球电网的碳排放强度和能源结构数据，从而更好地了解能源使用情况。

🖥️ **使用 CodeCarbon 追踪碳排放：** CodeCarbon 是一个轻量级的 Python 软件包，可以帮助开发者追踪和减少计算过程中产生的二氧化碳排放，从而优化代码的能源效率。

🌳 **参与 ClimateTriage 开源项目：** ClimateTriage 帮助开发者发现并参与专注于气候技术和可持续性的开源项目，共同应对环境挑战。

💪 **结合 GitHub Copilot 和 CodeCarbon：** 开发者可以将 CodeCarbon 与 GitHub Copilot 结合使用，追踪代码的能源使用情况，并优化代码以提高可持续性。

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of this century. We are working with developers to leverage technology to create a greener world. So, this Earth Day, we’re excited to launch the Climate Action Plan for Developers.

We’ve curated tools and projects to help you kick-start your climate action journey and contribute to achieving net zero carbon emissions. Explore over 60,000 green software and climate-focused repositories on GitHub.

Not sure where to start? Take a look below at a few highlights that can help you start to green your code today.

🚀 Speed & Scale

Speed & Scale is a global initiative to move leaders to act on the climate crisis. Their team has developed a net zero action plan, with 10 objectives and 49 key results that track yearly progress.

Learn about their action plan

⚡️ Electricity Maps

Electricity Maps is the leading electricity grid API, offering a single source for accessing carbon intensity and energy mix globally. As a developer you can go beyond just viewing the maps to pull data from their API, download data files, and even contribute to their open source project.

Access the Electricity Maps API

🖥️ CodeCarbon

CodeCarbon is a lightweight software package that allows for integration into any Python project to track and reduce CO2 emissions from your computing. Get started with using the software package and check out the opportunities to help support this open source project.

Get started with the software package

🌳 ClimateTriage, by OpenSustain.Tech

ClimateTriage helps developers discover a meaningful way to contribute to open source projects focused on climate technology and sustainability. Harness the power of open source collaboration to tackle environmental challenges such as climate change, clean energy, biodiversity, and natural resource conservation. Whether you’re an experienced developer, a scientist, or a newcomer looking to contribute, connect you with opportunities to use your skills to create a sustainable future.

Get started with a Good First Issue

💪 Use GitHub Copilot and CodeCarbon for greener code

Computational tasks, especially in AI, have a growing carbon footprint. Learn how CodeCarbon, an open-source Python library, helps measure CO2 emissions from your code. Together with GitHub Copilot, integrate CodeCarbon into your projects, allowing you to track energy use and optimize for sustainability.

Get started with GitHub Copilot for free today

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