ICT at COP21 : Enormous Potential to Mitigate Emissions
The transformational potential of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) was on display in Paris at the Twenty-First Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. ICTs, including the...
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okr-10986-250072021-04-23T14:04:28Z ICT at COP21 : Enormous Potential to Mitigate Emissions Gallegos, Doyle Narimatsu, Junko FLASH CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES CARBON DIOXIDE STORM DAMAGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CARBON INCOME ENERGY SYSTEM VEHICLES RAPID TRANSIT INFORMATION EMISSIONS CAPACITY BUILDING GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS GAS SYSTEM TRAFFIC EMISSION REDUCTIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS GREENHOUSE GAS DEVICES SATELLITE SPEEDS COMMUNICATIONS CARBON FOOTPRINT DATA CO2 ROAD COSTS ROAD NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TRANSPORT FLOODS CAPACITY LOGISTICS MOBILITY TARGETS PRODUCTIVITY ELECTRIC VEHICLES AFFORDABLE ACCESS CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE RAINFALL WEB GAS EMISSIONS ROUTE CAR SHARING ACCESS TO THE INTERNET CARBON EMISSIONS INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO INFORMATION MANUFACTURING BUS TECHNOLOGY TRAFFIC CONTROL GREENHOUSE EMISSION CONSUMPTION PDF TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TRANSIT CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES ELECTRICITY CLIMATE NETWORKS SYSTEMS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IMAGING GLOBAL EMISSIONS INTERNET MEDIA ROADS CAR ICT ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT SUPPLY CHAINS NETWORK PHONES ALLOCATION FUEL SUPPLY LESS MOBILE PHONES RISK MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION AT CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SENSORS TECHNOLOGIES TRAVEL TIME FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE USES ENERGY The transformational potential of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) was on display in Paris at the Twenty-First Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. ICTs, including the Internet, mobile phones, geographic information systems (GIS), satellite imaging, remote sensing, and data analytics, could reduce yearly global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) 20 percent by 2030, thus holding them at their 2015 level. Moreover, ICT emissions are expected to decrease to 1.97 percent of the global total by 2030, from 2.3 percent in 2020, while emission reductions attributable to ICT will be nearly 10 times greater than those of the ICT sector. ICTs are also critical for climate change adaptation, providing vital tools for all phases of the disaster risk management cycle. Although the opportunities for ICTs to support the climate change agenda are enormous, much work remains in order to realize them. Governments of developing countries must be further encouraged to include ICTs in their national climate change policies. And the international development community will have to make significant efforts, particularly in low-income countries, to develop ICT infrastructure as well as the institutional capacities and skills to implement and sustain these solutions. 2016-09-06T19:44:22Z 2016-09-06T19:44:22Z 2015-12 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/25793869/ict-cop21-enormous-potential-mitigate-emissions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25007 English en_US Connections;No. 30 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Samoa Tonga |
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The transformational potential of new
information and communication technologies (ICTs) was on
display in Paris at the Twenty-First Conference of the
Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change. ICTs, including the Internet, mobile
phones, geographic information systems (GIS), satellite
imaging, remote sensing, and data analytics, could reduce
yearly global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) 20 percent
by 2030, thus holding them at their 2015 level. Moreover,
ICT emissions are expected to decrease to 1.97 percent of
the global total by 2030, from 2.3 percent in 2020, while
emission reductions attributable to ICT will be nearly 10
times greater than those of the ICT sector. ICTs are also
critical for climate change adaptation, providing vital
tools for all phases of the disaster risk management cycle.
Although the opportunities for ICTs to support the climate
change agenda are enormous, much work remains in order to
realize them. Governments of developing countries must be
further encouraged to include ICTs in their national climate
change policies. And the international development community
will have to make significant efforts, particularly in
low-income countries, to develop ICT infrastructure as well
as the institutional capacities and skills to implement and
sustain these solutions. |
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Gallegos, Doyle Narimatsu, Junko |
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ICT at COP21 : Enormous Potential to Mitigate Emissions |
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ICT at COP21 : Enormous Potential to Mitigate Emissions |
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ICT at COP21 : Enormous Potential to Mitigate Emissions |
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ICT at COP21 : Enormous Potential to Mitigate Emissions |
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ICT at COP21 : Enormous Potential to Mitigate Emissions |
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ict at cop21 : enormous potential to mitigate emissions |
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