Design principles and responsible innovation for a sustainable Digital economy

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The opportunity

Digital technology has the potential to help us understand and act on climate change

Digital technology has it’s own carbon footprint which is steadily increasing

PARIS-DE is creating a framework for the sustainable and responsible innovation of digital technology in-line with the Paris Agreement

PARIS-DE at Glastonbury 2023July 11, 2023
PARIS-DE was present at Glastonbury Festival 2023 explaining to the public the hidden carbon emissions of cloud computing and the associated routine activities people conduct using digital services and devices. Gordon Blair was invited to host a stall and was joined by Marcia Smith and… Read more: PARIS-DE at Glastonbury 2023
First year of PARIS-DE: taking stock of the last year and planning the year aheadNovember 3, 2022
The whole PARIS-DE team met in Oxford on the 21st and 22nd of September to take stock of the different activities developed in the project, celebrate and plan the work for the year ahead. Because of remote working it was the first time the whole… Read more: First year of PARIS-DE: taking stock of the last year and planning the year ahead
Open sustainability: moving away from technocentric and carbon centric approachesJune 24, 2022
by Dr Gabrielle Samuel I recently published a paper with two PARIS-DE colleagues that reflected on the practices and perspectives of those stakeholders working on the environmental sustainability of digital technologies. This research was part of a small award that myself and Dr Federica… Read more: Open sustainability: moving away from technocentric and carbon centric approaches