TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding digitalization’s environmental impact
T2 - why LCA is essential for informed decision-making
AU - Bluhm, Hannes
AU - Wohlschlager, Daniela
AU - Pohl, Johanna
AU - Beucker, Severin
AU - Bieser, Jan
AU - Schien, Daniel
AU - Widdicks, Kelly
AU - Friday, Adrian
AU - Blair, Gordon
PY - 2025/4/26
Y1 - 2025/4/26
N2 - This comment critiques Gritsenko et al.‘s dismissal of environmental assessments such as Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) in analyzing digitalization’s environmental impacts. While acknowledging the need for action amidst uncertainty, we argue that LCA yet provides valuable insights into potential impacts, trade-offs, and areas to focus on in a supply chain. Especially in the rapidly evolving digital landscape, LCA helps manage decision-makers’ uncertainty and informs targeted measures for sustainable digital infrastructure deployment and use.
AB - This comment critiques Gritsenko et al.‘s dismissal of environmental assessments such as Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) in analyzing digitalization’s environmental impacts. While acknowledging the need for action amidst uncertainty, we argue that LCA yet provides valuable insights into potential impacts, trade-offs, and areas to focus on in a supply chain. Especially in the rapidly evolving digital landscape, LCA helps manage decision-makers’ uncertainty and informs targeted measures for sustainable digital infrastructure deployment and use.
U2 - 10.1038/s44168-025-00246-1
DO - 10.1038/s44168-025-00246-1
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 40297569
SN - 2731-9814
VL - 4
JO - npj Climate Action
JF - npj Climate Action
IS - 1
M1 - 41
ER -