Carbon Emissions Disclosure In Digital Infrastructure And E-Governance
- IJLLR Journal
- Nov 30, 2025
- 2 min read
Yogashree A.M., Fifth Year, B.Com. LL.B., School of Law, SASTR Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ananya. J, Fifth Year, B. Com. LL.B., School of Law, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
ABSTRACT
Modern lifestyles of people and businesses, government are largely dependent upon on digital technology, which is used across various sectors like healthcare, fintech platforms. These technologies are linking the world and individuals seamlessly together that’s where the digital infrastructure comes into picture and redefined this process and operated efficiently. But functioning of this digital infrastructure like data centres, artificial intelligence, cloud services, web browser and connected devices relies on the vast amount of the electricity, water from the non-renewable resources. Even though these infrastructures bring us the great innovation and increase economic growth of the nation, but it also creates environmental cyber risks. These led to carbon emissions, which traps heat from the sun and make the planet warmer leading to rise in temperature. This in turn contribute to the climate changes such as floods, heatwaves, storms etc. This not only affects operational risks, but it also creates cyber environmental risks that leads to disruptions such as system failures, downtime and power outages. Traditionally cyber laws primarily focus on the data protection, privacy issues, systemic risks, Does not look into the environmental consequences of these digital systems. That’s why it is vital to have carbon emissions disclosure for digital infrastructures to strengthen sustainability, cyber resilience and to determine responsibility, transparency of this digital infrastructure. This paper argues that cyber law in India must integrate the environmental accountability with E- Governance under Information Technology Act ,2000 supported by corporate compliance and green computing techniques.
Keywords: Carbon emissions, Digital infrastructure, E-governance.
