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</div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-block-content-fields-block-lead" id="block-views-block-content-fields-block-lead"> <div class="block-content block__content"> <div> <div class="view view-content-fields view-id-content_fields view-display-id-block_lead js-view-dom-id-c69e685c8ae7095167660055017d6e1c31e7c09422e841a436c362cefe9918ee"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row"> <span class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-11-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">16 November 2024</time> </span></span> <span class="views-field views-field-field-news-topics"><span class="field-content"><a href="/en/news/topic/climate-change" hreflang="en">Climate and Environment</a></span></span> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-story-lead"><div class="field-content"><p>Leaders in technology and the environment at COP29 in Baku endorsed on Saturday a declaration pledging to use digital technologies to accelerate climate action while reducing the carbon and pollution footprints of tech manufacturing and tackling the growing problem of e-waste.</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-un-base-theme-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block block-un-base-theme-content"> <div class="block-content block__content"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-full clearfix"> <header> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-block-content-fields-block-body" id="block-views-block-content-fields-block-body"> <div class="block-content block__content"> <div> <div class="view view-content-fields view-id-content_fields view-display-id-block_body js-view-dom-id-26aad6cfcf1d08b2a6d99e2916d89f161770557eadfb98a08a6cfe49cfa3865b"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-story"><div class="field-content"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--one-column-text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="_none"><div class="w-100"> <div class="layout row layout-builder__layout"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-block-paragraph-one-column-text-field-text-column"> <div class="block-content block__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text-column field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>On the first-ever ‘Digitalisation Day’ for a UN climate conference, the <a href="https://www.itu.int/initiatives/green-digital-action/events/cop29/declaration/">COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action</a> received endorsements from more than 1,000 governments, companies, civil society organizations, international and regional organizations, and other stakeholders.</p><h2>Pluses and minuses</h2><p>According to the UN International Telecommunications Union (<a href="https://www.itu.int/en/Pages/default.aspx">ITU</a>), which organized today’s digital focused events at COP29, <a href="https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/backgrounders/Pages/climate-change.aspx">digital technologies can be key tools</a> to accelerate achievement of the <a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/">2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development</a>, as they play a key role for climate monitoring, early warning systems, and overall climate adaptation and mitigation.</p> <div class="align-right context-un_news_large_credit type-twitter media media--type-twitter media--view-mode-un-news-large-credit"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-twitter field--type-string field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Tweet URL</div> <div class="field__item"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet element-hidden" lang="en"> <div class="context-preview type-twitter media media--type-twitter media--view-mode-preview"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-twitter field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"><iframe src="https://news.un.org/en/media/oembed?url=https%3A//twitter.com/ITU/status/1857676938627694954&max_width=305&max_height=550&hash=vz2YwNKjl8CodM4ydcou4fCXwgrfa6Hgph9o5HncnL8" width="305" height="550" class="media-oembed-content" loading="lazy"></iframe> </div> </div> <a href="https://twitter.com/ITU/statuses/1857676938627694954"></a> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> <p>Indeed, such technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data can play a central role in optimizing energy consumption of our digital world. For example, by harnessing AI algorithms, data centers can optimize energy efficiency, streamline operations, and reduce their carbon footprint, ITU says.</p><p>However, as the use of digital products and services grows, so does the amount of energy and water used, and e-waste produced.</p><p>Growing levels of digitization demand more energy, which raises greenhouse gas emissions. AI programmes need servers that run around the clock. These servers and the data centres that house them use a lot of electricity. In addition, even more energy is required to cool the data centers.</p><p>These and other issues were debated at a high-level COP29 roundtable on digitization for climate action.</p><h2>Unlocking digital technology for climate action </h2><p>The COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action recognises the importance of digital technologies to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The objectives in the declaration underscore how digital innovations can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide life-saving tools to inform and warn communities.</p><p>“This milestone moment for <a href="https://www.itu.int/initiatives/green-digital-action/about-us/intro/">Green Digital Action</a> at COP29 should propel us forward with the shared belief that we can and must reduce the environmental footprint of digital technologies while leveraging their undeniable potential to tackle the climate crisis,” <a href="https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/PR-2024-11-16-cop29-declaration-green-digital-action.aspx">said</a> ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin.</p><p>“Let's keep building our green digital momentum all the way to COP30, and with it, a more sustainable digital future for generations to come,” she said.</p><div class="context-un_news_full_width_credit_caption type-entermedia_image media media--type-entermedia-image media--view-mode-un-news-full-width-credit-caption"> <div class="field field--name-thumbnail field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/16-11-2024_COP29-ITU-UNFCCC.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" alt="On the first-ever Digitalisation Dayfor a UN climate conference, COP29 in Baku held a roundtable Green Digital Action. Pictured onscreen is ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin." title="On the first-ever Digitalisation Dayfor a UN climate conference, COP29 in Baku held a roundtable Green Digital Action. Pictured onscreen is ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin." loading="lazy" width="1170" height="530"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-authors field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item">UNFCCC/Kamran Guliyev</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">On the first-ever Digitalisation Dayfor a UN climate conference, COP29 in Baku held a roundtable Green Digital Action. Pictured onscreen is ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin.</div> </div> <p><em><strong>Want to know more? 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