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NDM8155 Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal - Digital Carbon Footprint Reduction Bill
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Meeting: 25/01/2023 - Plenary (Item 6)
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal - A Bill on digital carbon footprint reduction
NDM8155 Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes a proposal for a Bill on
digital carbon footprint reduction.
2. Notes that the purpose of this Bill
would be to:
a) respond to the need to be more efficient
in our use of digital in Wales, as part of the effort to reach net zero,
specifically in relation to the use of energy to run digital platforms;
b) include a strategy to deal with data
that is created, stored and processed in a more energy efficient way;
c) set targets for ensuring that data
centres run in the most efficient manner, including through the use of
renewable energy sources, thereby supporting the development of a green data
sector in Wales;
d) ensure that sustainability is the basis
of all decisions made when public bodies deal with data;
e) encourage innovation to help decarbonise and reach national net-zero objectives.
Minutes:
The item started at 16.16
Voting
on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM8155 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes
a proposal for a Bill on digital carbon footprint reduction.
2.
Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to:
a)
respond to the need to be more efficient in our use of digital in Wales, as
part of the effort to reach net zero, specifically in relation to the use of
energy to run digital platforms;
b)
include a strategy to deal with data that is created, stored and processed in a
more energy efficient way;
c) set
targets for ensuring that data centres run in the most efficient manner,
including through the use of renewable energy sources, thereby supporting the
development of a green data sector in Wales;
d)
ensure that sustainability is the basis of all decisions made when public
bodies deal with data;
e)
encourage innovation to help decarbonise and reach national net-zero
objectives.
The
result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
34 |
16 |
1 |
51 |
The motion was agreed.