Thus, this research aims to assess the trends and frontiers in ICT in climate change using the Scopus database, various bibliometric indicators, and visualizing respective scientific literature. It explains how energy is generated and consumed with best practices from various countries. Smart ICT applications and the Internet can enable energy efficiency improvements in areas . A Bibliometric Analysis-Based Review on Green IT, in Sustainability Awareness and Green Information Technologies, ed. doi:10.1109/COMSNETS.2015.7098723, Street, R. B., Buontempo, C., Mysiak, J., Karali, E., Pulqurio, M., Murray, V., et al. Towards Sustainable Smart Cities: A Review of Trends, Architectures, Components, and Open Challenges in Smart Cities. In helping fight global warming, the ICT industrys enablement efforts will also lower customers energy and carbon tax costs and increase their revenues through greener productsand bring in up to $2 trillion in top-line growth for the ICT industry. Another sector that is very intensely involved in climate change through increased greenhouse gas emissions is the transport sector, which in Europe is the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Innovative Technology Key to Climate Action | UNFCCC Disaster Risk Reduct. Factors Affecting Internet Adoption in Latin America, in Proceeding of the 2008 Third International Conference on Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, Busan, Korea (South), Nov. 2008 (IEEE). Information and communication technologies (ICT) provide us with an unprecedented ability to collect and analyse environmental information that may encompass the entire terrestrial system, from the depths of the ocean to the upper reaches of the atmosphere. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59618-1_1, Klimova, A. KK and AT: Data curation, writing- original draft preparation. Satellite remote sensing (SRS) which acquires information about the Earth's surface, subsurface and atmosphere remotely from sensors on board satellites (including geodetic satellites) is an. (2016). Comput. Hazards 74, 16491666. Moreover, this research delivers a bibliometric approach describing the research direction of this field and helps future decision-making processes for policymakers, including the public and private sectors. 51, 101783. doi:10.1016/J.IJDRR.2020.101783, Zyoud, S. H., and Fuchs-Hanusch, D. (2019). Available at: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/ar5_wgII_spm_en.pdf. 2 ICT use in monitoring climate change The science of climate change, which has developed over the last century or so5, has benefited greatly from the . J. Netw. Sustain. (2013). Digital technologies developed by information and communications technology (ICT) companies have significantly reduced emissions in industries as varied as communications, travel, and industrial production. Smart farming will maintain the sustainability of agriculture and will continue to support it. Impact Quantification. Agric. Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). It has been found that a significant amount of documents were published after 2008. Considering GDP, Sweden is the number one country among the top five productive countries, followed by Italy and United Kingdom. The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author. Cities Soc. The Role of Information and Communication Technology in realizing It is recognized that urbanization contributes to air pollution and climate change, affecting air quality. (2018). (2013). Transition towards Sustainability in Agriculture and Food Systems: Role of Information and Communication Technologies. Thats a win-win-win for all concerned. Sci. Clim. Session 1 Session Objectives This session provides an overview of climate change, its impact, its causes and what we are doing about it. TABLE 1. EN, CT, YK, ID, CK, CV, EC, and TK: Supervision. doi:10.1007/s11356-021-13139-7, Benhamaid, S., Bouabdallah, A., and Lakhlef, H. (2022). Sustain. Change 154, 241256. Dec 2022 Enas Abbas View Show abstract . This is based on current technology, without including the added benefits of future innovation. As the population grows, so does the energy demand locally and nationally. At the same time, companies must create synergies between their core business and the new green venture that give it an unfair advantage in the market, and thus the right to winwhile also providing the independence it needs to scale up. PDF Introduction to Climate Change, Energy & ICTs - ITU Sep 12, 2022 Information communications technology (ICT) can play an important role when it comes to sustainability. Air pollution is severe in developed and developing countries and translates into premature deaths, 9 out of 10 recorded in low- and middle-income countries, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. This is the stage at which ICT companies prepare their offerings for the market. (2022). (2020). Patterns 2, 100340. doi:10.1016/J.PATTER.2021.100340. Rev. They can be used for remote monitoring of climate change and gathering important scientific data -- for instance, using . Energy System Resilience A Review. Despite the increasing usage of bibliometric techniques in various research domains, there have been few attempts to collect and analyze publications data on the ICT in climate change. Moreover, the transition to more proper resource and data management across the spectrum of food production, processing and distribution, as a result of digitalization, has led, among other things, to more energy-efficient management, reduction of greenhouse gases from the agricultural sector, carbon emissions trade, clean trade energy reduction, reduction of waste, reduction of commercial and processing costs, food tracking, food supply chain transparency (El Bilali and Allahyari, 2018; Talari et al., 2021). The energy sector plays a crucial role in climate change agendas and mitigation decision-making processes. The restabout 1 gigaton, or between 65% to 75% of the industrys totalis comprised of Scope 3 emissions, which include the upstream emissions emitted by companies from which the industry buys goods and services and the downstream emissions generated by ICT customers as they use and dispose of ICT products. Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The green cluster includes 11 keywords and refers to climate change. he devastating effects of climate change are putting enormous pressure on societies. Most of the articles were classified in Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental and Social Science, Energy and multiple diversified subject areas, highlighting the interdisciplinarity of Internet and Communication Technology diffusion in climate change issues. doi:10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02246.x. In preparing a portfolio of customer-enablement offerings to take to market, ICT companies need to begin with the connectivity products they already offer and work collaboratively across departments to ensure that the products are ready for the market. PDF Using Icts to tackle climate change - ITU Role of information technology to fight climate change stressed at UN Agric. Sci. Broadband adoption in Latin American countries: does geographic proximity matter? How Technology Can Help Fight Climate Change | UNFCCC Sci. Furthermore, when considering the authors total link strength, Acquaviva, A. with Patti E., Kasim, H. with Al-ghaili A.M. and Monzon A. with Valdes C. are connected, formulating three clusters. 11, 23. Internet and Communication Technology (ICT) tools have been already introduced in every aspect of environmental science. doi:10.1016/J.CITIES.2013.03.010, Crimmins, A., Balbus, J., Gamble, J. L., Beard, C. B., Bell, J. E., Dodgen, D., et al. The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: A critique of Overview of ITU Activities on ICTs, the Environment & Climate Change Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as satellites, mobile phones or the Internet, are capable of playing a key role in addressing the global challenges of climate change and sustainable development. Andreopoulou, Z., Samathrakis, V., Louca, S., and Viachopoulou, M. (2014). Comput. Research articles and conference papers were the most common document types published for ICT and climate change of 453 manuscripts (Table 1). Optimizing both these Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions sources has so far not been the focus of product development for many ICT companies; going forward, ensuring that their own emissions are as low as possible should be a design principle for every ICT companys product-development efforts. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. 27 June 2012: A new World Bank report on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), cities, and natural disasters in Africa, titled "Municipal ICT Capacity and its Impact on the Climate-Change Affected Urban Poor: The Case of Mozambique," highlights the role of ICT to prevent the effects of climate change-induced emergencies in Africa. The uninformed rejection of climate change science, nowadays quite common in public discourse, is a major obstacle and can be tackled with MIL. In essence, the closer two keywords are spotted, the stronger their relatedness. (2017). The products and services they already offer, and the innovative solutions now being developed, can greatly increase efficiency and reduce energy consumption across almost every industrywhile boosting the sectors own revenues at the same time. Subsequently, this bibliometric study allowed visualization of the research trends for the topic mentioned above in the last 22years. notably design actions-plans to confront challenges from the growing population, energy demand, and climate change (Koliouska and Andreopoulou 2020). Total Environ. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160393. Furthermore, the annual publication graph illustrates that researchers have started paying attention to how ICT tools can reinforce climate change policies since 2009. Moreover, three European countries, the United Kingdom, Italy and Sweden, were among the top five productive countries. Change 177, 121508. doi:10.1016/J.TECHFORE.2022.121508, Cheng, Y. L., Lim, M. H., and Hui, K. H. (2022). Scientific articles covered the period from 1999 to 2021, when the usage of digital tools and the digitalization of many research areas were magnified. (2014). Artificial Intelligence in the AEC Industry: Scientometric Analysis and Visualization of Research Activities. The data is then measured against internationally recognised carbon-accounting standards such as GHG protocol or ISO 14064-1. Sci. A Econ. Int. The role of ICT in tackl in g climate change Case study directory: Index and summaries Managed Pr in t Services A Bus in ess Tool for the Information Age Contents Introduction 03 Case Study Index The se case studies are in dexed in three ways. J. Technol. Moreover, this century is also the century of big data and data analytics. Environmental issues dictate the global research agenda of this century. Read more insights from BCGs teams of experts. Technol. https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ambient-(outdoor)-air-quality-and-health, https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/ar5_wgII_spm_en.pdf, https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/4B/01/T4B010000010001PDFE.pdf, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822313. Climate Change and Respiratory Disease: European Respiratory Society Position Statement. Information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure plays a critical role in many aspects of the society. A., and Campana, P. E. (2022). BCG X disrupts the present and creates the future by building bold new tech products, services, and businesses.