You could say that digitalisation has made the world both a smaller and bigger place at the same time; people on opposite sides of the planet can now connect online, whilst technological innovation continues to push the frontiers of planetary discovery even further. You could also say that the prosperity of both present-day and future society is in fact contingent on such connectivity and progress. But what the future is arguably even more contingent on is reducing the impact of the telecommunications industry that underpins connectivity and progress, as its growing digital footprint pushes the needle on climate change.