Old Phones Are the New Climate Heroes as Users Ditch New Tech and Save the Planet without Knowing

Old phones are the new climate heroes as users ditch new tech and save the planet without knowing

Global mobile industry cut emissions 8% despite a data surge, but GSMA warns faster action is needed to meet net zero by 2050.

8% emissions drop for mobile industry, but decarbonisation must double in speed

The sector has bucked the global trend, which has seen carbon emissions rise in the past half decade.  According to the GSMA’s Mobile Net Zero report, the industry recorded an 8% fall in CO2e emissions between 2019 and 2023. This is despite a 9% increase in connections and data demand quadrupling.  However, while this shows efforts to begin decarbonising the sector are working, in order to hit net zero by 2050, the rate of progress will need to …

Mobile industry slashes global carbon emissions despite 4X increase in worldwide data traffic - here's why it matters

Mobile industry emissions are down, but pace needs to pick up

The mobile industry’s operational emissions fell by 8% between 2019 and 2023, even as mobile connections grew by 9% and data traffic quadrupled, according to the GSMA’s fifth annual Mobile Net Zero report released today. The findings show the mobile industry has successfully started to decouple emissions from data and connectivity growth – a stark contrast to global emissions, which have increased 4% since 2019. However, to continue progress and…

GSMA: mobile emissions drop 8% as connections grew 9% and data quadrupled - Mobile Europe

GSMA’s Mobile Net Zero report shows progress but operators must accelerate efforts to halve industry emissions by 2030 and keep target of net zero by 2050 on track The mobile industry’s operational emissions fell by 8% between 2019 and 2023, as mobile connections grew by 9% and data traffic quadrupled, according to the GSMA’s fifth annual Mobile Net Zero report.  The findings show the mobile industry has started to break the link between emissio…

Chinese mobile operators cut operational emissions

The Chinese mobile operation industry recently reduced their operational emissions for the first time in 2024. However the volume of mobile data traffic has nearly quadrupled since 2019. As a whole the industry has begun taking actions to improve its energy efficiency and increased the use of renewables. Before the decline last year, previous analyses found regular annual increases in emissions in China, which rose 7 per cent between 2019 and 20…