Design Principles and Responsible Innovation for a Sustainable Digital Economy (Paris-DE)

Lead Research Organisation: Lancaster University
Department Name: Computing & Communications

Abstract

Digital technologies have a transformative impact in the economy and wider society. New innovations in Information Communication Technology (ICT) such as the next generation '5G' internet, automation and robotics, and big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have the potential to make a profound societal impact and the pace of development is staggering. The same technologies can though have a negative impact on society, including significantly increasing the carbon emissions related to ICT and thus creating damaging impacts on our environment. Managing this duality between ICT's benefits and risks must be at the heart of future ICT design and innovation - ensuring ICT can continue to bring value to our society and the economy, while keeping ICT innovations from exceeding planetary boundaries. However, there is currently scarce consideration of systemic impacts within ICT innovation, and design processes today lack the information and tools required to embed environmental sustainability into ICT.

This project, PARIS-DE, will ensure that the carbon emissions associated with the ICT sector are aligned with the Paris agreement: limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius. To do this, the PARIS-DE project will develop a digital sustainability framework that systemically considers ICT's impacts and ensures Paris-compliant design through two key concepts: i) an evidence base around carbon emissions in the digital economy, and ii) a responsible innovation approach that targets environmental sustainability, yet maintains key aspects of ICT design that enable societal thriving. Using a range of disciplinary perspectives including computer science, human-centred design, philosophy and ethics and environmental economics, PARIS-DE will develop digital tools that support ICT development within planetary boundaries, and will create, demonstrate and evaluate the digital sustainability framework through three case studies: 1) big data and AI, 2) autonomous systems, and 3) video streaming. These case studies, taken as representative of the digital economy, will allow for an evaluation of different underlying technologies that threaten rising emissions. The case studies will also involve working closely with key stakeholders in ICT innovation (e.g. designers and developers in the ICT sector), ensuring the framework is comprehensive and effective. PARIS-DE will ultimately allow the ICT sector to innovate technology more sustainably and in-line with climate change mitigation targets.

Publications

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Description The importance of systems thinking and systemic design perspectives in reasoning about sustainability and carbon emissions associated with digital technologies;
The importance for example of understanding and reasoning about rebound effects and why efficiency gains alone are non sufficient.
Exploitation Route We have developed a flexible framework based on responsible innovation practices that can be applied to different sectors and have tested this framework in diverse fields including in Natural Language Processing/ the use of Large Language Models, Robotics, Healthcare and the design of Digital Research Infrastructure.
Sectors Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

Environment

Healthcare

URL https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/paris-de/
 
Description We have achieved significant non academic impact targetting industry, government, professional organisations and the general public - see for example the plethora of engagement activities undertaken in each of these sectors.
First Year Of Impact 2021
Sector Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Environment
Impact Types Policy & public services

 
Description Contribution to ITU consultation on the environment and the Internet (ITU Council Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues: CWG-Internet)
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-oct2021.aspx
 
Description Evidence provided for Parliamentary POST Note on Energy Consumption of ICT
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL http://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0677/
 
Description Input into UK Government, DCMS call for evidence around 'The Future of Compute Review'
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/futire-of-compute-review/
 
Description Invited participation in European Green Digital Coalition
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/european-green-digital-coalition
 
Description Invited presentation to European Commission (Commissioner Breton's senior staff)
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Lead: Climate working group, ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
Impact Influence on ACM Europe policy
URL https://www.acm.org/public-policy/europe-tpc
 
Description Public consultation on a set of European Digital Principles
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
Impact Influence on key ACM policies and principles
URL https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-comments-digital-principles.pdf
 
Description Response to consultation (Chips Act)
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-chips-act-comments-09may22.pdf
 
Description Statement on principles for responsible algorithmic systems
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or improved professional practice
Impact Contributions to professional practice through the joint ACM statement
URL https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/final-joint-ai-statement-update.pdf
 
Description </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">Regional</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Schools</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A lightning talk on ???? was presented by Dr. Gabby Samuel to 90 Oxford school students. This was part of the Oxford Schools 'Our World' Symposium.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="FF4F8559-0712-4A1A-9C61-0BF39DB74A0A"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d"><title> (part of the WaterAid Green IT week) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Third sector organisations</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A talk on ??? was presented by Drs Kelly Widdicks and Marcia Smith as part of the WaterAid Green IT week. This led to further engagement with WaterAid.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="D15F6EE9-B6AC-4E96-8E31-CA01D607DC3E"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d"><title> (presented as part of the UKRI Engineering Net Zero Festival) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Dr. Kelly Widdicks presented a talk on ???? as part of UKRI's Engineering Net Zero Festival held in Glasgow in June 2022.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="D4CACDCF-FF5E-4E64-A0B4-23669E714864"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">A Tale of Two Cities: Digital Technology and the Natural Environment </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A seminar was presented at the Oxfordshire branch of the British Computer Society (BCS) on 20th September 2023. The abstract is included below.<br /><br />Contemporary digital technologies can make a profound impact on our understanding of the natural environment in moving toward sustainable futures. Examples of such technologies included sources of new data (e.g., an environmental Internet of Things), the ability to storage and process the large datasets that will result from this (e.g., through cloud computing), and the potential of data science and AI to make sense of these data alongside human experts. However, these same trends pose a threat to sustainable futures through, for example, the carbon footprint of digital technology and the risks of this escalating through the very trends mentioned above. This talk will explore this 'tale of two cities', reflecting on my experiences of my work at UKCEH where I explore the role of digital innovation in supporting contemporary environmental science, whilst also being aware of the potential negative impact of such technologies on the very environment we are seeking to understand and steer towards more sustainable futures. The talk will conclude with thoughts on how these two perspectives can be reconciled.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2023/september/hybrid-event-a-tale-of-two-cities-digital-technology-and-the-natural-environment/' target='_blank'>https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2023/september/hybrid-event-a-tale-of-two-cities-digital-technol...</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="13DAE7ED-C129-4AE5-9A15-70A25BBFD721"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">A Tale of Two Cities: Digital technology and the Natural Environment </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Postgraduate students</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Seminar presented at the Data Science Unit, University of Edinburgh on 16th January 2024 and the complex relationship between technology and nature.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2024</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://web.inf.ed.ac.uk/data-science-unit/news/the-tale-of-a-seminar' target='_blank'>https://web.inf.ed.ac.uk/data-science-unit/news/the-tale-of-a-seminar</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="AFD753A2-E11A-41EB-A4A4-82C16C3C770F"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">AAAI Fall Symposium on AI and Climate Change </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">Participation in an activity, workshop or similar</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> This event was co-organised by Prof. Bran Knowles</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.climatechange.ai/events/aaaifss2022' target='_blank'>https://www.climatechange.ai/events/aaaifss2022</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="C0DB1023-8962-4FE6-A6EA-30E017032C45"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Climate Impacts of ICT (to BDUK) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Policymakers/politicians</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A talk was presented by Dr. Kelly Widdicks on the Climate Impacts of ICT to Building Digital UK (BDUK). BDUK are responsible for the roll out of gigabit-capable broadband and the expansion of 4G mobile coverage in hard-to-reach areas of the UK.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2021</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="6E93CFF8-FF3D-4751-862E-84186EC4DC7B"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Climate Impacts of ICT (to DCMS) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Policymakers/politicians</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A talk was presented by Dr. Kelly Widdicks to the the UK Government Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the Climate Impacts of ICT. This led to further interactions with DCMS and to funding to investigate ICT carbon emissions in more depth.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2021</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="C1B37A88-852C-42EE-ADDF-ABB04749D096"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Computer Science and the Environment (CS Distinguished Lecture Series, St Andrews) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Postgraduate students</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Prof. Blair gave a series of 3 lectures on Computer Science and the Environment as part of the Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of St Andrews, 14th March, 2023.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/cs-distinguished-lecture-series-computer-science-and-the-environment/' target='_blank'>https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/cs-distinguished-lecture-series-computer-science-and-the-envi...</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="6301722D-2BC4-4DE9-B920-5A81B5978BC6"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Estimating CO2  Emissions of AI-IoT-based Systems (in Sustainable AI-IoT Series) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A talk was presented by Prof. Blair onEstimating CO2  Emissions of AI-IoT-based Systems as part of a series of talks organised bu Eco Surge on in Sustainable AI-IoT Series.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2021</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.ecosurge.org/copy-of-projects-1' target='_blank'>https://www.ecosurge.org/copy-of-projects-1</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="BB74468A-1BB8-4203-A394-3B0BBBBEAB29"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Ethical and environmental considerations relating to large language models </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Talk by Dr. Marcia Smith on the ethical and environmental impacts of large language models as part of a broader seminar hosted by teh Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science - on 12th December 2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="66854D12-31F1-4803-9F59-F646A130F72E"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Evidence Meeting: All Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence: Climate change and Sustainable AI </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Policymakers/politicians</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> The APPG AI discussed issues surround Artificial Intelligence (AI), Climate Change and Sustainability. Use cases for AI have increased massively in recent years, and the potential good of AI has been applied to tackling some major issues facing the world today<br />- notably, questions encompassing Climate Change and Sustainability. I made particular intervention contributions related to how rebound effects of ICT could be addressed in policy making in the UK governance context.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.biginnovationcentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/APPG-AI-Parliamentary-Brief_Climate-Change-Sustainability-1.pdf' target='_blank'>https://www.biginnovationcentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/APPG-AI-Parliamentary-Brief_Climate-C...</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="8636D7EA-8C95-422E-9B28-25CE4533A81C"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts: Exploring a systemic design inspired responsible innovation framework for addressing ICT carbon emissions </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Postgraduate students</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A presentation to Early Career Researchers hosted by the Data Science Institute at Lancaster University (15th November 2023)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="1AB03BCC-8DDF-48FA-9088-46432EF20A35"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">How Green is the Cloud (Glastonbury Fsetival, Science Futures) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">Participation in an activity, workshop or similar</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Public/other audiences</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Members of Paris-DE ran a stall as part of the Science Futures area at Glastonbury. This was on the subject of How Green is the Cloud. Our stall was visited by hundreds of people in the course of five days. The public could interact with some activities and information resources available on the stall. The most popular was a demonstration device where the user was asked to generate energy by winding up a little hand crank that was connector to a capacitor and all controlled by a Micro:bit. The energy stored in the capacitor was then released to a fan and was enough to power the fan for about a couple of minutes. The user was then invited to compare the energy they generated with the energy required to carry out some of the digital tasks people usually engage in during the festival, for example posting a tweet, sending an email, holding a video call, browsing the internet and watching video streamed footage. Most of the public were surprise by the amount of energy required when you accounted for the emissions from the full range of devices, infrastructure and networks all working behind the scenes to deliver the service. Another popular activity was a game of snakes and ladders illustrating the potential improvements that can be made (the ladders) but also the potential unintended consequences associated with these steps, for example increasing the efficiency of the digital infrastructure may seem like a gain but this often results in the savings paradoxically resulting in more energy usage (and carbon emissions) due to rebound effects. The stall also had a backdrop panel with an illustration of the physical structure of cloud computing and a series of information sheets with facts, figures and advice around carbon emissions of digital technologies.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/paris-de/paris-de-at-glastonbury-2023/' target='_blank'>https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/paris-de/paris-de-at-glastonbury-2023/</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="5B9B0EC0-8E40-4B54-B529-1A179233F599"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">How Green is the Cloud? </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">Participation in an activity, workshop or similar</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A stand at the Oxford Digital Festival discussing the carbon impacts of cloud computing.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="AD8B8A08-6097-4FB0-91DF-9FCCE1779007"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Interviewed for BBC Radio Oxford re women in AI </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">Local</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Public/other audiences</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Marina Jirotka interviewed for BBC Radio Oxford during AI week re women in AI.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="D0FAFDD5-04D7-4BD2-A2D1-4E84910F5322"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Invited to participate in the First Summit of Centers for Digital Trust, 30 August - 1 September, Switzerland </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Other audiences</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Marina Jirotka, Carolyn Ten Holter and Lars Kunze invited to participate in the First Summit of Centers for Digital Trust, 30 August - 1 September, Switzerland (Carolyn and Lars attended)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="80E0239F-509C-445C-8A30-73B470B002E5"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">IoT and Sustainability: A Tale of Two Cities (PETRAS Event) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Postgraduate students</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Prof. Gordon Blair gave a talk on IoT and Sustainability: A Tale of Two Cities - a PETRAS Community Development Event (PETRAS is a National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="A87DA2A1-9A9F-4AD9-973E-6788A44DE7EC"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Lecture: Big data and environmental change </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">Local</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Undergraduate students</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Lecture to first year undergraduates in the Lancaster Environment Centre on the role of big data and data science on environmental science and moer broady teh environment.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="8538A942-F6F4-4021-BADD-227753EC78AE"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Marina Jirotka panelist at Creative Machine Oxford symposium </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Public/other audiences</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Panelist at the Creative Machine Oxford symposium</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.creativemachine.io/2023-speakers' target='_blank'>https://www.creativemachine.io/2023-speakers</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="B1AB9903-971C-44F7-9FD0-ACF6423A09D0"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Newsletter article of Marina Jirotka in the University Bulletin and article on University website </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">Local</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Postgraduate students</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Marina Jirotka featured in a bio article / interview.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022,2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/oxford-people/Marina-Jirotka' target='_blank'>https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/oxford-people/Marina-Jirotka</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="5813742D-ED01-49D1-BEC7-294638665C6D"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Panorama episode: Is the Cloud Damaging the Planet </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Media (as a channel to the public)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Members of Paris-DE were subject specialists feeding into the research for this programme, working closely with the producer, and Prof. Blair (PI for Paris-DE appeared in the programme). The programme was broadcast on 6th Feb 2023 was also picked up by BBC News at various points during the day and Prof. Blair also conducted an interview on the topic on BBC Radio 5.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hzb3' target='_blank'>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hzb3</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="FBD592F1-7EAD-43C1-853F-B08F40AA9F51"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Podcast: Digital Detox - rethinking data centre design </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A podcast was made by Hoare Lea as part of their Exploration series, involving Dr. Kelly Widdicks and Prof. Adrian Friday on the topic of Digital Detox - rethinking data centre design and this is available on their website for their customers and visitors.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='http://hoarelea.com/2022/02/01/podcast-digital-detox-rethinking-data-centre-design/' target='_blank'>http://hoarelea.com/2022/02/01/podcast-digital-detox-rethinking-data-centre-design/</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="831FCDE7-41B3-427B-AA6C-8499CF409F06"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Press release based on Patterns (2021) paper: The real climate and transformative impact of ICT </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Media (as a channel to the public)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A press release was made by Lancaster University and this was taken up by many media outlets including:<br />The Independent<br />Phys.org<br />The Times Online<br />The Telegraph<br />Innovators Magazine<br />IET Engineering and Technology<br />Science:Business<br />Wired</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2021</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/emissions-from-computing-and-ict-could-be-worse-than-previously-thought' target='_blank'>https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/emissions-from-computing-and-ict-could-be-worse-than-previously-tho...</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="722F572E-2162-48A6-B335-19655DA53AE4"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Project Poster Presentation - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Conference 2022 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Industry/Business</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A poster presentation of the PARIS-DE project at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) conference organised at the University of Oxford. The activity included showcasing the project, explaining key messages and objectives to a diverse audience, engaging in conversations about the carbon footprint of ICT, and openly exploring narratives and views from the industry on this matter. As a result, some people were on board, and we exchanged contacts to explore future collaborations.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="0D18B9BB-C183-4247-92E8-79B9AEE1F235"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Q&A: Relationship between Technology and Nature </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Public/other audiences</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Gordon Blair and Marcia Smith from the paris-DE team appeared on the Laboratory stage at teh Glastonbury festival discussing the relationship between technology and nature. Overall, it was a great opportunity to engage with the public, share the knowledge being created in our research and raise awareness around the carbon emissions of ICT.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/paris-de/paris-de-at-glastonbury-2023/' target='_blank'>https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/paris-de/paris-de-at-glastonbury-2023/</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="64CD9C96-E381-4EA2-866C-4A244E1B4BF0"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Reflections on digital sustainability: A tale of two cities </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Keynote talk at a Daiwa seminar of Sustainability, Design Thinking and Digitilizatioon on 8th September 2023, held at Kanagawa University, Japan.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="ADB60B93-BF51-48EC-9C8F-7C24661897AF"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">RoboTIPS poster at International Robotics Showcase </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">Participation in an activity, workshop or similar</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Industry/Business</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> RoboTIPS poster at International Robotics Showcase</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.ukras.org.uk/robotics-summer-showcase/' target='_blank'>https://www.ukras.org.uk/robotics-summer-showcase/</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="E5B4C9A1-7E57-4650-A478-2E45499A5221"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">TalkTalk's Making Sense of Sutainability for SMEs panel. </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Industry/Business</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Dr. Kelly Widdicks took part in a panel organised by TalkTalk on Making Sense of Sustainability for SMEs, June 2022.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="529290B2-0714-4F5E-83B6-7EE38061E0DF"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">The environmental Sustainability of Data-driven health </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A presentation at a workshop on "Shifting responsibilities in healthcare due to disruptive innovation: ethical, legal, and social implications", hosted by Fondation Brocher in January 2024.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2024</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://fondation-brocher.ch/event/shifting-responsibilities-in-healthcare-due-to-disruptive-innovation-ethical-legal-and-social-implications-2/' target='_blank'>https://fondation-brocher.ch/event/shifting-responsibilities-in-healthcare-due-to-disruptive-innovat...</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="74ACA9F7-E938-4B34-9D51-8CCCF9B6D112"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">The environmental Sustainability of digital technologies. </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">Participation in an activity, workshop or similar</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">National</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Postgraduate students</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> Stall at an event organised by Kings College London on COP28: Time for Actions not Words event</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="05035659-9748-4DF3-80F0-698D1140B7C5"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">UNFCCC COP27 Side Events - Research Dialogues: What can Research do for Policy and Practice? </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">A talk or presentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Policymakers/politicians</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> The aims of the side event on the climate research, policy, and practice interface was to share experiences between different organisations about their practices, especially how they build and nurture trust and good science-policy practice and the type of evidence/interface policymakers should think about when informing their decisions about climate actions. When discussing decarbonisation strategies, I was able to reflect upon the fact that current IPCC models do not include environmental impacts of ICT and more research should be supported in this area. Similarly, in decarbonisation models, ICT is not often considered as a key industry that needs to be addressed, both in terms of reducing the emissions of ICT as well as using ICT to advance decarbonisation strategies and policies.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed" id="9F59C43F-D43F-47A2-A062-9CE55CEA997D"> <thead> <tr class="o-is-t" style="color: white; background-color: #333;"> <th colspan="2"> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Description</td> <td class="o-d-d">Workshop on rebounds in ICT carbon emissions </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-fo-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Form Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-fo">Participation in an activity, workshop or similar</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Part Of Official Scheme?</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> No </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Geographic Reach</td> <td class="o-d-gr">International</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Primary Audience</td> <td class="o-d-pa">Professional Practitioners</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="o-d-i-label" style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Results and Impact</td> <td class="o-d-i"> A workshop was held on 1st April 2022 on Rebound Effects and Digital Technology. This workshop brought together 19 leading experts on rebounds related to technology. A consensus was developed around the importance of systems thinking in understanding carbon emissions and also on the need for constraints to minimise rebounds. This led to a shared publication on the findings: Systems thinking and efficiency under emissions constraints: Addressing rebound effects in digital innovation and policy, published in Patterns in early 2023 (see separate Research Fish entry).</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">Year(s) Of Engagement Activity</td> <td class="o-d-ye">2022</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:200px; font-weight:bold;">URL</td> <td class="o-d-pao"> <a href='https://www.cell.com/patterns/pdf/S2666-3899(23)00002-8.pdf' target='_blank'>https://www.cell.com/patterns/pdf/S2666-3899(23)00002-8.pdf</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <!-- </section> --> <!-- Top level tab content --> </section> <!-- Sub tab section --> </article> <section class="container-fluid flex-grow"> </section> <!-- %@include file="include/foot.jspf" %> --><footer class="mt-4"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-4"> <div class="widget"> <h5 class="widgetheading">Data</h5> <p><a href="/resources/GtR-User-Guide.docx?v=70">The Data</a> on this website provides information about publications, people, organisations and outcomes relating to research projects </p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-4"> <div class="widget"> <h5 class="widgetheading">APIs</h5> <p>A set of REST <a href="/resources/api.html">API's</a> enable programmatic access to the data. 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