Digitalization represents a silver bullet for the 2030 SDGs and for the advancement of nations and their industries. The rub: connectivity is a prerequisite for digitalization, but with nearly 3 billion people offline, the world is far from securing its connectivity targets and thus digitalization’s potential.
Digitalization or digital technology could deliver 20% of the emission cuts we need to hit net-zero by 2050. Here are 3 principles to bear in mind as we pick up the pace.
Digitalization – a threat and opportunity The solution to energy security and the energy transition is an ecosystem driven by electrification, decentralization and diversification of energy technologies – all underpinned by digitalization. This future is possible because the energy industry has adopted the industrial internet of things (IIoT).
Digitalization is fundamental to challenging problems; digital strategies can focus on five key areas to boost national resilience, including tackling inequality.
Digitalization of supply chains can address sustainability concerns in the least developed countries. We examine initiatives in countries like Vanuatu and Cambodia.
While digitalization drives energy demand, it can also help to counteract its footprint and maximize efficiency in all energy-consuming sectors.
The transformation to a circular economy, in order to meet global climate goals by 2050, can be achieved through responsible digitalization.
Digitalization is the cause of large-scale and sweeping transformations across multiple aspects of business, providing unparalleled opportunities for value creation and capture, as well as being a source of major risk. Earlier this year, the executive Tom Goodwin captured the impact digitalization is having on business today in an article for TechCrunch: Uber, the world’s largest taxi ...