The report focuses on three pillars: mitigation, adaptation and resilience, and setting foundations.
- Mitigation: Digital technologies can significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions by optimizing energy use, improving resource efficiency, and supporting low-carbon alternatives. AI-driven systems can enhance energy and fuel efficiency, potentially reducing emissions by 20%.
- Adaptation and Resilience: Digital tools are essential for developing alert systems, robust infrastructure, and precise environmental monitoring. They aid in data analysis for forecasting, ecosystem protection, and optimizing responses to climate events.
- Setting Foundations: Governments play a crucial role in enabling digital technologies through clear objectives, public engagement, and automated tracking of emissions and resources. Investments in internet access, data availability, and collaboration between academia and industry are key to fostering digital innovation and climate action.
The report underscores the importance of digital solutions in industries like energy, transportation, and food, and calls for government leadership in balancing the benefits and potential negative impacts of digital technologies. It provides policy recommendations to drive climate action through infrastructure, people, market environment, and technology innovation.