碳足迹视角下ICT产业碳排放对环境的影响

Research on Impact and Measures of ICT Industry Carbon Emissions for Environment From Carbon Footprint

ICT技术和产业的发展改变了人们的生活方式和商业模式,这种改变大大促进了经济增长。根据美国和世界其他国家的研究报告得出,由ICT产业发展而产生的大量碳排放对环境的影响正在加剧。具体原因为ICT产品的广泛使用和海量数据处理中心的建立。根据ICT产业价值链形成过程中碳足迹的追踪,能够得出ICT产业在原材料提取、生产制造与运输、产品应用和回收处理各环节的碳排放的大体数量和所占比例。针对ICT产业价值链中碳排放产生原因不同,分别采取监测、预警、生产过程优化、先进产品应用、新商业模式和政府政策等对策给予解决,同时也简要说明了ICT产业如何为其他产业提供了间接减少碳排放的手段。最后,结合ICT产业存在问题和解决对策给出了ICT产业发展与环境之间关系的新研究思路,并提出未来可以从定量角度研究ICT产业发展中碳排放对环境影响。

The development of ICT industry has changed people＇s lifestyles and business model, anct this change greatly promotes economic growth. On the report of USA and other countries, the environment impact of carbon emissions generated by ICT industry is intensifying. The specific reasons are the establishment of the use of ICT products and massive data processing centers. Tracking on the process of ICT industry value chain based on carbon footprint, the numbers and proportions of carbon emissions can be draw on ICT industry in raw material extraction, manufacturing and transport, product application and recycling. Because the different causes about carbon emissions of ICT industry, we can take monitoring, early warning, production process optimization, advanced product applications, new business models, government policies and other measures to address it. And a brief description of how to reduce carbon emissions in ICT industry is given for other industries. Finally, we give new research ideas of the relationship between ICT industry development and the environment and study the impact of carbon emissions of ICT industry development on environment from quantitative point of view in the future.