Can software save the planet?

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Software's capacity to model solutions to complex problems, enhance communication and enable e-commerce should help cut carbon emissions

The software industry may not be the first sector that springs to mind when thinking of those companies committed to tackling climate change, but software developers can make an important contribution...

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