Climate change, its increasing presence in the media and the consequent social reaction, as well as, especially in recent months, the Fridays for Future movement (whose Spanish section works under the name of JuventudXClima), have achieved that the objective of a sustainable economy reaches into politics and the general population. The need to reduce the consumption of resources globally so that future generations can live on this planet is no longer questioned. Consequently, since information technology is one of the most energy-intensive, it becomes the focus of many efforts in this regard.
According to a study by Lancaster University, the use of the Internet could consume 20% of the world's electricity production by 2030. The use of electronic devices thus becomes part of the environmental focus, especially considering the small proportion that renewable energies represent in current energy production..
Information technology is responsible for between 2% and 3% of carbon dioxide emissions, which are the main cause of climate change. A 2019 study from the think tank The Shift Project, called Lean ICT? Towards digital sobriety , predicts, based on current values, that emissions from the digital economy could represent 8% of all CO 2 emissions by 2025. If so, the IT sector would be damaging the environment more than cars and motorcycles.
Taking into account that digitization continues to advance at high speed, there is a high probability that the emissions it causes will grow in the same way. To prevent this increase from seriously damaging the planet, companies and consumers must use electronic applications and devices that are produced and work in the most efficient way possible, both in terms of energy and raw materials.
