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The big tech firms of the world have reported record profits during lockdown. These firms are some of the industrial titans of the digital age.

Their ability to manipulate vast quantities of data is revolutionising, well, everything. From streaming games and movies, to automating mining operations, controlling medical devices and even simple emails, the internet has brought incredible advances right across the globe.

But we now know that previous industrial revolutions placed a huge burden on the planet. Our climate question this week is: Will this one be any different?

Facebook has pledged to use only renewable energy by the end of 2020, not 2030, as we stated in the programme.

Guests: Dr Rabih Bashroush - IT infrastructure expert, The Uptime Institute Dr Stephanie Hare - Author and tech researcher Mats Lewan - Tech reporter, Stockholm

Presented by Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell Produced by Jordan Dunbar Researched by Soila Apparicio Edited by Emma Rippon