Digital planet: Will the rise of the machines help or hinder climate action?
New Economic Foundation's Duncan McCann considers how to climate-proof digital technology
There is an interesting tension at the heart of the digital economy, between image and reality. Technology presents itself as clean and immaterial, mostly producing no visible emissions. It is backed by...
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