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 Matt Nichols from UKCEH at the Futurarium tent in the […]
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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 group was together physically and it proved to be a
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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 Lucivero received from the British Academy. The aim of the
Open sustainability: moving away from technocentric and carbon centric approaches Read More »
We are offering a paid internship opportunity to work on an exciting new EPSRC-funded project, “Design Principles and Responsible Innovation for a Sustainable Digital Economy (PARIS-DE)”, funded under their Sustainable Digital Society call. The PARIS-DE project is ensuring that the carbon emissions associated with digital technologies are aligned with the Paris Agreement of limiting global
In response to supply chain precarity and a global shortfall in semiconductors, the European Commission recently introduced a digital sovereignty act known as the European Chips Act (see also the US predecessor, the CHIPS for America Act, or US Chips Act, and the newly proposed FABS Act). The Commission proclaims that this policy will “bolster
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The new IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report reinforces the importance of research projects such as PARIS-DE in contributing to a more sustainable world and mitigating the effects of climate change. PARIS-DE is particularly focuses on digital technology, ensuring its responsible innovation and creating reductions in the carbon emissions associated with the digital sector. The
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Carbon emissions from digital technology are large and steadily increasing. It is estimated that emissions from this sector are currently between 2.1-3.9% of the global carbon footprint, and it is expected that these figures will continue to increase as technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain and video streaming become more widely used. However, some
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