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Professor Gordon Blair at the 'How green is the Cloud?' stall at Glastonbury 2023

PARIS-DE at Glastonbury 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 Matt Nichols from UKCEH at the Futurarium tent in the […]

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Open sustainability: moving away from technocentric and carbon centric approaches

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

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Intern opportunity – PARIS-DE: Design Principles and Responsible Innovation for a Sustainable Digital Economy

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

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The new IPCC report calls for urgent action in adapting and mitigating climate change

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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The new PARIS-DE website and the goals of the project

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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