ICTs: Do they contribute to increased carbon emissions?

By Jonathan D. Moyer, B. Hughes. 2012

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Improving Governance for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: Scenario Forecasting the Next 50 years (2015, background): “Widely used for global forecasting by the UNDP (2011; 2013), UNEP (2007), National Intelligence Council (2008), African Futures 2050 project (Cilliers, Hughes, & Moyer, 2011) and European Commission (Moyer & Hughes, 2012), IFs separately represents 183 countries and many of their interactions includ”
Information and communication technology, electricity consumption and economic growth in OECD countries: a panel data analysis (2016, background): “Moyer and Hughes (2012) use International Futures (IFs) integrated assessment system to explore the dynamic impacts of ICT on economic and energy systems including its impact on carbon emissions.”
The effect of ICT on energy consumption and economic growth in South Asian economies: An empirical analysis (2021, neutral): “The vast internet spread over the last 20 years has changed the dynamics of human life by changing it into a digital lifestyle (Moyer and Hughes, 2012).”
Digital Economy and Environmental Quality: Evidence from 217 Cities in China (2021, background): “In other words, a non-linear relationship is observed between the development of the digital economy and environmental pollution [19].”