Digital Planet

By BBC World Service

Will digital sobriety help reduce energy use?

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Published March 03, 2020 3:00pm

ITU emissions standardThe UN ICT agency, the ITU, wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half in the next decade. It’s the only way that the ICT industry is to stay in line with the Paris Agreement and its target of limiting global warming to one and a half degrees. The new technical standard announced by the ITU says renewable energy and digital sobriety are the best way of achieving these cuts.

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