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<h1 data-heading="The Problem">Action is Long Overdue</h1>
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<p>Digitalisation's promise of dematerialisation has not yet materialised, as the internet now contributes <a href="https://theshiftproject.org/en/article/lean-ict-our-new-report" target="_blank">3.7% of global emissions</a><a href="https://theicct.org/publication/co2-emissions-from-commercial-aviation-2018" target="_blank">twice that of the aviation industry.</a> With <a href="https://itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx" target="_blank">5.5 billion users (68% of the global population) and 4% annual growth, demand for power, infrastructure, and bandwidth continues to rise.</a> This accelerates extractive systems that drain water, land, and raw materials, compounding environmental harm across the tech supply chain. As IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee put it: <a href="https://ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/12/181211-TD-political.pdf" target="_blank">“Every bit of warming matters. Every year matters. Every choice matters,”</a> and with that, every byte matters.</p>
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<p>Digitalisation's promise of dematerialisation has not yet materialised, as the internet now contributes <a href="https://theshiftproject.org/en/article/lean-ict-our-new-report" target="_blank">3.7% of global emissions</a><a href="https://theicct.org/publication/co2-emissions-from-commercial-aviation-2018" target="_blank">twice that of the aviation industry.</a> With <a href="https://itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx" target="_blank">5.5 billion users (68% of the global population) and 4% annual growth, demand for power, infrastructure, and bandwidth continues to rise.</a> This accelerates extractive systems that drain water, land, and raw materials, compounding environmental harm across the technology supply chain. As IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee put it: <a href="https://ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/12/181211-TD-political.pdf" target="_blank">“Every bit of warming matters. Every year matters. Every choice matters,”</a> and with that, every byte matters.</p>
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<a class="button" href="/mission">Read more</a>
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