TY - JOUR
T1 - Climate change and COP26
T2 - Are digital technologies and information management part of the problem or the solution? An editorial reflection and call to action
AU - Dwivedi, Yogesh K.
AU - Hughes, Laurie
AU - Kar, Arpan Kumar
AU - Baabdullah, Abdullah M.
AU - Grover, Purva
AU - Abbas, Roba
AU - Andreini, Daniela
AU - Abumoghli, Iyad
AU - Barlette, Yves
AU - Bunker, Deborah
AU - Chandra Kruse, Leona
AU - Constantiou, Ioanna
AU - Davison, Robert M.
AU - De', Rahul
AU - Dubey, Rameshwar
AU - Fenby-Taylor, Henry
AU - Gupta, Babita
AU - He, Wu
AU - Kodama, Mitsuru
AU - Mäntymäki, Matti
AU - Metri, Bhimaraya
AU - Michael, Katina
AU - Olaisen, Johan
AU - Panteli, Niki
AU - Pekkola, Samuli
AU - Nishant, Rohit
AU - Raman, Ramakrishnan
AU - Rana, Nripendra P.
AU - Rowe, Frantz
AU - Sarker, Suprateek
AU - Scholtz, Brenda
AU - Sein, Maung
AU - Shah, Jeel Dharmeshkumar
AU - Teo, Thompson S. H.
AU - Tiwari, Manoj Kumar
AU - Vendelø, Morten Thanning
AU - Wade, Michael
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - The UN COP26 2021 conference on climate change offers the chance for world leaders to take action and make urgent and meaningful commitments to reducing emissions and limit global temperatures to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Whilst the political aspects and subsequent ramifications of these fundamental and critical decisions cannot be underestimated, there exists a technical perspective where digital and IS technology has a role to play in the monitoring of potential solutions, but also an integral element of climate change solutions. We explore these aspects in this editorial article, offering a comprehensive opinion based insight to a multitude of diverse viewpoints that look at the many challenges through a technology lens. It is widely recognized that technology in all its forms, is an important and integral element of the solution, but industry and wider society also view technology as being part of the problem. Increasingly, researchers are referencing the importance of responsible digitalization to eliminate the significant levels of e-waste. The reality is that technology is an integral component of the global efforts to get to net zero, however, its adoption requires pragmatic tradeoffs as we transition from current behaviors to a more climate friendly society.
AB - The UN COP26 2021 conference on climate change offers the chance for world leaders to take action and make urgent and meaningful commitments to reducing emissions and limit global temperatures to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Whilst the political aspects and subsequent ramifications of these fundamental and critical decisions cannot be underestimated, there exists a technical perspective where digital and IS technology has a role to play in the monitoring of potential solutions, but also an integral element of climate change solutions. We explore these aspects in this editorial article, offering a comprehensive opinion based insight to a multitude of diverse viewpoints that look at the many challenges through a technology lens. It is widely recognized that technology in all its forms, is an important and integral element of the solution, but industry and wider society also view technology as being part of the problem. Increasingly, researchers are referencing the importance of responsible digitalization to eliminate the significant levels of e-waste. The reality is that technology is an integral component of the global efforts to get to net zero, however, its adoption requires pragmatic tradeoffs as we transition from current behaviors to a more climate friendly society.
KW - Climate change
KW - COP26
KW - Digital world
KW - Information management
KW - Information systems
KW - Information technology
KW - Sustainability
KW - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102456
DO - 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102456
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0268-4012
VL - 63
JO - International Journal of Information Management
JF - International Journal of Information Management
M1 - 102456
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