AK Digitalization & Sustainability Tackles Climate Change Through Tech
AK Digitalization & Sustainability, a Bitkom working group, is focusing on harnessing digital potential to tackle ecological and social challenges while bolstering the economy. The group, which supports staying within planetary and social limits, has sustainability, measurability, and rebound effects of digital technologies in its scope.
The working group is exploring key areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Platforms, which hold significant potential for sustainable development. It aligns its efforts with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and considers the European Green Deal and environmental political digital agenda.
The group emphasizes the importance of sustainable procurement, lifespan, reuse, and refurbishment of ICT. It acknowledges that digitization can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit ecological impacts across all sectors. However, it also considers the need for measurability and reporting of sustainability and the potential rebound effects of digital technologies.
AK Digitalization & Sustainability, while not specifying leaders, involves figures like Inga Karrer and Prof. Armin Grunwald in related areas. The group's mission is to combine climate protection and digitization, a task it sees as crucial for politics, business, and society.
