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Turning digital technology innovation into climate action
Figure 11: National Carbon Intensity of Power Industry Production in Europe, Oct. 2018
(Green = low carbon, Red = carbon-intensive.) 27
Therefore, as also mentioned previously in the context of frontier technologies to combat climate
change, the true impact of renewable energy consumption on climate change must be measured
and analysed over a meaningful period of time.
To achieve this, ITU established a Focus Group on "Environmental Efficiency for Artificial Intelligence
and other Emerging Technologies" (FG-AI4EE) at the ITU-T Study Group 5 meeting in Geneva on May
22, 2019. Box 4 explains the mandate and mechanisms of this Focus Group.
27 Watson, David. ‘Use This Powerful Tool and Avoid Talking Twaddle about Climate.’ Medium, Generation Atomic,
24 May 2019, medium .com/ generation -atomic/ use -this -powerful -tool -and -avoid -talking -twaddle -about -climate
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