How to Make Digital Services More Sustainable
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Claim: the internet is roughly the 7th biggest emitter and ICT = 1.2–3.9% of global GHG, bigger than aviation. Measurement uses data‑transfer → CO2 via carbon intensity to estimate emissions. Concrete levers shown: cut payloads (image/video optimization, lazy‑load, no autoplay), strip heavy analytics and iframes, favor static/cached delivery, support older devices to extend lifetimes, use Green Web Foundation directory for greener hosts, and schedule compute with carbon‑aware tooling (Green Software Foundation) to run on renewables.
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- 0:00Start
- 1:00What I'm going to cover
- 4:20DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS
- 5:46Sustainability comprises of three key pillars
- 10:36Social foundations eg
- 12:37Ecological boundaries eg
- 20:07Actions to reduce emissions
- 33:35Greenwashy traps
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