impact on our ecosystems with a growing number of internet users expected any think any time anywhere dichter lies ations ecological footprint will place a grettir pressure on unnatural systems let's take a look at a few funds. online activity is soaring and dry can take server farms are using more and more electricity digitalization is leaving a huge environmental footprint. today it's already responsible for 3 to 4 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. that's more than all the e.u.'s waste industry produces each year. together cloud computer digital payment systems and online streaming require huge amounts of electricity. during the covered 19 pandemic millions of children and young people were affected by school closures many of them had to take classes as well as socialize online. now over 50 percent of the world's population has access to the internet in 2911 the number of internet users grew by 7 percent and. if this trend continues digitalization will account for almost 8 percent of c o 2 emissions by 2025. on the cusp of the 4th industrial revolution an ever increasing number of