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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Tom Greenwood

Really well written and well argued, many thanks for sharing Tom. I love your point on climate action over climate reporting.

Have you come across other metrics/ways to measure aside energy use, data load or carbon footprint when it comes to digital environmental impact? (Thinking water and land depletion due to cooling of data centres, but doesn’t seem that codified yet?)

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Thanks Sandrine. Yeah so we have looked at quantifying water and land use for digital services, but only based on energy consumption simply because a lot of the more granular data (like data center cooling) is very difficult to get hold of. Likewise, I'd like to see a way of quantifying electronic waste from digital services but I haven't yet seen a way to do that.

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This is really interesting Tom. It is making me think!! Will (Green Element and Compare Your Footprint)

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Hey Will. Glad it's providing some food for thought. Maybe we can compare notes some time when we've both had some time to ponder.

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Shoot me up whenever.... Always happy to speak to you.....

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