Metaverse
Research

2023

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June 15

Metaverse could put a dent in global warming, says study

• The team used AI-based modeling to analyze data from key sectors—technology, energy, environment and business—to anticipate the growth of metaverse usage and the impact of its most promising applications: remote work, virtual traveling, distance learning, gaming and non-fungible tokens.

• One thing that did surprise us is that this metaverse is going to grow much quicker than what we expected

• The paper notes that by 2050 the metaverse industry could potentially lower greenhouse gas emissions by 10 gigatons; lower atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by 4.0 parts per million; decrease effective radiative forcing by 0.035 watts per square meter; and lower total domestic energy consumption by 92 EJ, a reduction that surpasses the annual nationwide energy consumption of all end-use sectors in previous years.

• The Abstract of the Paper: The growing metaverse sector can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10 Gt CO2e in the united states by 2050