The Climate Question

Can the internet ever be green?

The big tech firms of the world have reported record profits during lockdown. These firms are some of the industrial titans of the digital age. Their ability to manipulate vast quantities of data is revolutionising, well, everything. From streaming games and movies, to automating mining operations, controlling medical devices and even simple emails, the internet has brought incredible advances right across the globe. But we now know that previous industrial revolutions placed a huge burden on the planet. Our climate question this week is: Will this one be any different? Facebook has pledged to use only renewable energy by the end of 2020, not 2030, as we stated in the programme.Guests:
 
Dr Rabih Bashroush - IT infrastructure expert, The Uptime Institute 
Dr Stephanie Hare - Author and tech researcher 
Mats Lewan - Tech reporter, Stockholm Presented by Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell 
Produced by Jordan Dunbar 
Researched by Soila Apparicio 
Edited by Emma Rippon

A global programme that reflects the variety of takes on climate change, how best to understand it and the world’s attempts to avert it, temper it or adapt to it.
It is not about questioning whether climate change is happening, it’s about finding the best ways to respond to it.
This is sharp-edged, analytical inquiry. Hard scrutiny, touched with a sense of adventure and discovery, and where we can find it, hope.
It includes stories from across the world on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.