The game-changing potential of digitalization for sustainability: Possibilities, Perils, and Pathways
Informazioni aggiuntive
Autori
Seele P.,
Lock I.
Tipo
Articolo pubblicato in rivista scientifica
Anno
2017
Lingua
Inglese
Abstract
When in 2015, 193 countries agreed on 17 sustainable development goals, the nations’ delegates signed a challenging agenda aimed to render this planet livable for future generations within the next 15 years. This process has just begun and implementation and dialogue with different stakeholders is required to bring the SDG to live. This is true, particularly given the past steps to strive for sustainability, which have not yet led to groundbreaking levels of achieving more sustainability (or less unsustainability). Despite many efforts in developing and developed countries, none of the member states of the United Nations has achieved all goals yet (GeSI 2016), so the call for intensifying engagement and transforming societies remains open. This is where Big Data and Digitalization comes in: Digital technologies in the form of e-health services, robotics, or emission reduction solutions could help individuals, organizations, and nations achieve a more sustainable planet in light of the sustainable development goals.
Rivista
Sustainability Science
Volume
12
Numero
2
Pagina inizio
183
Pagina fine
185
