数字化世界和碳足迹:数字化是否真的对可持续环境有影响?
Muhammad Zulfiqar1, Safdar Husain Tahir2, Muhammad Rizwan Ullah3
1Faculty of Administrative and Management Sciences, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Kan, Pakistan.
概括
数字化影响环境可持续性,互联网使用减少了生态足迹. 然而,能源消耗放大了技术进步带来的负面环境影响,凸显了可持续数字实践的必要性.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 信息技术 信息技术 信息技术
背景情况:
- 全球不断增长的能源需求需要了解经济发展对环境的影响.
- 数字化正在改变能源部门,创造了评估其环境可持续性的需要.
- 能源消耗在数字化环境关系中作为调节者的作用需要研究.
研究的目的:
- 分析英国 (1990-2020年) 数字化与环境可持续性之间的联系.
- 调查能源消耗在数字化层面和环境足迹之间的关系中所起的调节作用.
- 评估互联网用户和技术进步对生态和碳足迹的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用自回归分布式滞后 (ARDL) 模型来分析从1990年到2020年的时间序列数据.
- 雇佣的互联网用户,固定电话订阅和移动蜂订阅作为数字化指标.
- 使用生态和碳足迹测量环境影响,以能源消耗为调节者.
主要成果:
- 互联网用户与生态和碳足迹有负面关联.
- 技术进步 (固定电话,移动蜂) 与生态和碳足迹有着积极的联系.
- 发现能源消耗增强了生态和碳足迹,加剧了数字化的环境影响.
结论:
- 数字化对环境可持续性产生双重影响,互联网使用可能带来好处,但能源密集型技术带来风险.
- 能源消耗显著放大了技术进步对环境的负面影响,强调了能源的关键作用.
- 促进可持续的数字实践和节能技术的整体方法对于减轻数字化的环境足迹至关重要.
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