Business Paid
PIE: digital technologies also pollute environment
16:16
The share of digital technologies in global greenhouse gas emissions increased to 3.7 percent from 2.5 percent in 2013, the Polish Institute of Economics (PIE) indicated. It is, therefore, larger than in the case of the aviation industry (2 percent).
PIE experts emphasized that not only heavy industry and cars contribute to the increase in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, but also watching high-quality videos.
This article is for subscribers
Warsaw Business Journal subscribers get the full archive (12,248 articles going back to 1995) and the print edition.
SubscribeOr try Poland A.M. free for 7 days, the daily briefing, or see all plans and prices.
