Tag: Digitalisation

Chances

Digital Human Rights Lab: Ensuring Everyone Benefits from Increased Digitisation

Written by Ciannait Khan, 23-08-2021

The digital world throws up a host of serious problems for human rights, from ma Read on

Responsibility

Interview: The Superpowers of the Internet Giants - a Challenge for Democratic Discourse

Written by Sarah-Indra Jungblut, 22-06-2021

How do Amazon, Google, Facebook and Co. influence public discourse? And what possibilities are there for regulation? We talked about this with Vérane Meyer and Torben Klausa, authors of a recently published study by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Read on

Energy

Qarnot's Smart Computer-Radiators Turn Data Flows Into Sustainable Heating

Written by Leonie Asendorpf, 26-04-2021

While data centres produce huge amounts of heat when at work, and have to be cooled with air conditioning, we also spend a lot of energy heating our homes. A French company has come up with a solution that kills two birds with one stone - a way of recycling that computing power and using it to heat buildings. Read on

Development

Digitalisation on the African Continent: a Huge Opportunity If We Avoid Past Mistakes

Written by Leonie Asendorpf, 10-11-2020

What are the opportunities and challenges posed by a digital transformation on the African continent? And how can the African digital revolution be made truly sustainable? A new study provides some answers. Read on

Development

The UN Roadmap for Digital Cooperation - Where Could It Take Us?

Written by Keno Röller-Siedenburg, 13-08-2020

The UN recently presented its new roadmap for digital cooperation. The aim of the action plan is to break down the digital divide and create a digital world that is safe, equitable and of benefit to all. The plan is ambitious. But could it be successful too? Read on

Energy

Covid-19 and Digitalisation: Leveraging the Tech Boom for the Good of the Environment

Written by Mark Newton, 29-07-2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on how many of us work. Could this provide lessons for a more sustainable future? Read on

Green Living

Our Digital Carbon Footprint: What's the Environmental Impact of the Online World?

Every single search query, every streamed song or video and every email sent, billions of times over all around the world - it all adds up to an ever-increasing global demand for electricity, and to rising CO2 emissions too. Our increasing reliance on digital tools has an environmental impact that's becoming increasingly harder to ignore. Read on

RESET

Sustainability and Digitalisation in the Spotlight: RESET.org Receives Project Funding from the DBU!

Written by RESET, 03-12-2019

The official confirmation arrived just a few weeks ago. We're excited to announce that over the next two years, the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) will provide RESET with both technical and financial support to develop an in-depth feature series that takes a critical look at future digital sustainability challenges. And kick-off is next week! Read on