Telefonica has claimed that its services helped avoid 69.2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2023, across Spain, Germany, and Brazil. Unfortunately, the lack of explanation behind the calculations makes for a frustrating read, and a comical gaff in the announcement itself does not help the case. The claim is based on Telefonica’s Connected Living Report 2023. Further work has led Telefonica to the 69.2 million tons figure, extrapolating from the central messaging about the environmental benefits of digitalization – enabled by networks like Telefonica’s. For context, Spain’s annual carbon emissions are around the 293 million tons mark. Germany is around 745 million tons, and Brazil is around 1.5 billion tons. As such, the total claimed combined saving is…