Measuring National ICT Sector Environmental Impact

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 333.71 Economics of land and energy
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank and International Telecommunication Union, 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 326683
• Chủ đề: 1. CLIMATE CHANGE; 2. DIGITALIZATION; 3. GHG EMISSIONS; 4. ICT; 5. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Tóm tắt

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector finds itself at a pivotal moment -while propelling digital transformation across the globe, it is also contributing to climate change. The sector's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-estimated at 1.5 to 4 percent of the global total-exceed those of the international aviation industry. Digitalization also impacts other environmental areas such as increased energy and water consumption, raw material depletion, and e-waste. Therefore, the pressing challenge lies in closing the connectivity gap for 2.6 billion who remain offline while leveraging ICTs in an environmentally sustainable manner.