Traditionally, ‘environmental impact assessments’ (EIA) are understood as a process or activity usually conducted before moving forward with a plan. You can think of it like a risk assessment, where the risk is focused on the environment: what will the consequences for the environment be? This might be used before building a new building or moving to a new data server, for example.
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The environmental impact of Europeana’s digital services
Read the work we have undertaken, alongside tips that you can try yourself, on Europeana Pro.
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Inspiration: Digital Cleanup Day movement Our digital files, photos, videos, apps, etc, all create a digital carbon footprint. The Digital Cleanup Day encourages people worldwide to do some ‘spring cleaning’ of our digital trash, that is, the duplicates that we forget about, the apps we don’t use, the files we don’t need. The environmental cost of data is growing in parallel with the digital transformation of the world around us. We can each do our bit to reduce our data carbon footprint. Find out more at the Digital Cleanup Day homepage https://www.digitalcleanupday.org/ |
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