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Signs of Change: The Future of Digital Media Blog

Blog Entry 3: Digital Efforts to Combat Climate Change

Title: Digital = Physical

Introduction

If the internet were to be considered a nation, it is assumed that it would be rated the 7 th

highly polluted nation globally. The level of carbon footprints primarily from out gadgets,

systems that support them, and the internet are at par with the greenhouse emissions experienced

in the airline industry, predicted to double up by 2025. To this effect, green design principles and

strategies are widely used in combating climate change. Digital efforts have over the recent years

increased to help in combating climate change. This blog entry therefore seeks to explore digital

efforts currently used in combating climate change

Digital Technologies

Digital technologies are widely used in the collection and the analysis of massive amounts of

data that relate to climate change. This primarily include tracking deforestation, greenhouse gas

emissions, measuring the impact of different interventions, and analyzing varied weather patterns
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(Design, 2022). Data-driven forms of insights play a critical role in underscoring the cause and

the effects of climate change, this enabling decision makers to target actions. Among the

renowned digital technologies used in combating climate change include:

1. The Cloud

The cloud remains one of the diversions renowned in this century. The real cloud is

viewed and considered as organic and beautiful. As viewed, cloud computing has played a

critical role in the prevention of close to 1 trillion metric tons of CO2 emissions primarily globally

(Design, 2022). This continues to enable the use of this platform as a renewable source of wind

and power energy.

2. The Internet of Things (IoT)

IoT smart systems and devices that include smart meters and sensors, widely used in

optimizing the consumption of energy and monitoring their impact in transportation systems,

buildings, and industrial procedures play a critical role in combating climate change (Design,

2022). These devices are designed with the objective of providing real-time data specifically on

the use of energy, this enabling an efficient approach of resource management that helps in the

reduction of carbon emissions.

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3. Unintended Consequences of these Designs

Bad digital system designs may result in the failure to take proper account of the

invisible. Historic context, unconscious bias, and power dynamics typify the invisible forces that

affect measures to combat climate change. Apps primarily designed to connect the work

currently contribute to silent family dinners, forcing people to be glued to their phones (Design,

2022). This has seen the design of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems designed with the

objective of improving the lives of people fail to meet its intended purpose.

Conclusion

As viewed, digital technologies are widely used in the collection and the analysis of

massive amounts of data that relate to climate change. The cloud and IoT critically play the roles

of providing data-driven forms of insights that play a critical role in underscoring the cause and

the effects of climate change, this enabling decision makers to target actions.
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Reference List

Design, M. (2022). Digital = Physical. [online] Microsoft Design. Available at:

https://medium.com/microsoft-design/digital-physical-4df9eceb63b2.