US EditionClimate Conference's Webpages Emit 10 Times More Carbon than Average Sites, Study Says
- Websites promoting Cop climate summits have a carbon footprint around seven times higher than average websites, according to researchers from the Institute for Design Informatics.
- The carbon footprint of Cop websites has increased by over 13,000% since the first summit in 1995, as stated in a study by researchers from the Institute for Design Informatics.
- During Cop29, homepage visits alone emitted 116.85 kg of carbon, which would take 10 mature trees a full year to absorb, according to researchers' findings.
- Experts recommend optimizing website infrastructures to reduce digital footprints, as emphasized by Professor Melissa Terras of the Institute for Design Informatics.
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Cop climate summit websites ‘produce more carbon than average sites’
Between 1995 and 2024 when the last Cop conference was held, average emissions from the websites had risen by more than 13,000%, according to data.
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COP websites emitting 10 times more carbon than average webpage, analysis of archives suggests
New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) Websites created for the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) emit up to 10 times more carbon, compared to an average internet page, suggests an analysis of web archives. Since 2009, pages of the COP website have increasingly used content, including multimedia, that require a higher computing power, researchers from the UK's University of Edinburgh said. The team analysed data from web archives, including the 'Internet Arch…
COP webpages generate seven times more carbon emissions than average
A groundbreaking new study reveals a striking and troubling trend: websites created for the UN Climate Change Conferences, commonly known as COP (Conference of the Parties), have seen their carbon emissions skyrocket, now producing up to seven times more carbon dioxide than typical internet pages. This finding sheds light on an often overlooked but significant digital dimension of climate change discourse. Researchers from the University of Edin…
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