Digital technology projects, applications, and policies can support ground-breaking innovation for a healthy and sustainable planet, helping to protect the environment, conserve natural resources, and build a more sustainable future for all.
Submissions in the Planet category included:
• Digital monitoring systems to ensure clean and accessible water.
• Smart technologies optimizing energy consumption and enabling renewable energy use.
• Sustainable urban planning and smart city solutions to create liveable and resilient communities.
• Digital applications to promote responsible consumption and waste management.
• Technology solutions to mitigate climate change and foster climate resilience, digital innovations to preserve marine life and ecosystems, and digital, data-driven approaches to protect biodiversity and natural habitats.
• Other cases of how digital can strengthen environmental protection, address climate change, and help preserve our planet’s health.
Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Goal 13: Climate Action
Goal 14: Life Below Water
Goal 15: Life on Land
Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Vanessa Gray
Reina Otsuka
Stefan Gross-Selbeck
Shivam Kishore