Conference on Digital Transition – Energy and Environment
“Digital Transition – Energy and Environment” was the theme of the videoconference held, under the apology of the Day of Professional Courses in Electronics, Automation and Command and Mechatronics, included in the EPTO FUTUROS 30.30 conference cycle and which highlighted the energy challenges of the future and digital transformation for the next decade in Portugal. […]
Romania’s national strategy on climate change
Romania’s national strategy on climate change includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the natural capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, institutional cooperation, updating climate scenarios, supporting research activities in the field of climate change and the creation of a national database on climate change, estimating the costs of climate change for each priority […]
The energy consumption of digitization, challenges and opportunities in Greece
Particularly revealing about the new challenges of the energy system are the results of a Commission study dealing with the issue of energy consumption of “cloud services” and data centers in the member countries of the European Union. Specifically, the energy consumption of data centers in EU member countries is expected to increase from 2.7% […]
Green energy means a win-win scenario for Turkey
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) published a report examining the employment and social impacts of the transition to renewable energy in Turkey and its benefits. In the report, which stated that it could increase its gross national product by 8 billion dollars every year, it was also noted […]
Eight ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint
With every activity we do in our daily lives, we release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere – it’s called the carbon footprint. When we all together produce more carbon than the planet can absorb, excess CO2 contributes to climate change. There are daily activities that increase our footprint and are not obvious at all, such […]
A guide to the digital carbon footprint and how to reduce it
During the first few months of the isolation resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic, in 2020, Internet use grew by 40%, using 42.6 million megawatt-hours of additional electricity; Fifty million tons of e-waste are generated annually. It is important that we dispose of electronic equipment properly; The shift to renewable energy sources – such as […]
We use information technologies for entertainment, work and to relate to each other. But do we know the climate impact of the emails we send, videos we watch or group conversations we have?
A study published in 2021 indicates that the carbon footprint of digitization is greater than previous estimates and that, if not changed, it will continue to increase. Researchers from Lancaster University and the consultancy Small World Consulting, (UK), analyzed three of the main studies that evaluated digitalization emissions, since 2015. Global greenhouse gas emissions are […]
Moving towards the European Green Deal
Latvia along with other EU countries aims to achieve the targets set by the European Green Deal and transform the economic life in order to live more environmentally friendly in the next decades. At the national level, the preconditions for the development of the circular economy are marked by a long-term development planning document Sustainable […]
Are we aware of the negative consequences that the use of digital devices has on the environment?
We are increasingly aware of the impact of our actions on the environment. We recognize that waste, wastewater or carbon emissions are largely responsible for the unsustainability of the planet. But we are not so aware of the negative consequences that the use of digital devices has on the environment. It is obvious that the […]
Green transformation of ICT in Greece
The green transformation of the ICT sector is one of the ten key priorities of the European Commission so that it becomes climate neutral by 2030. Green transformation means greater energy efficiency for data centers and telecommunications, more material recycling, energy savings, and wider use of renewable energy sources. According to the report of the […]
