Eps 528: Digital for sustainable development impact
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As the adverse effects of climate change increase dramatically in tandem with other global concerns, heightened use of digital technologies can contribute to a more sustainable future, according to a new report.
There is much more to be done, according to the report: While increased adoption of digital technologies can help close the gap to some 2030 targets, performance against eight of the 25 indicators analyzed is still expected to deteriorate.
Working in tandem, these sectors can develop a systemic understanding of the potential impacts of digital technologies and spur efforts to more effectively accelerate the benefits and limit the downsides, Baker says.
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In the health sector, for instance, AIenabled frontier technologies are helping to save lives, diagnose diseases and extend life expectancy.Digital cooperation between states and a universal cyberspace that reflects global standards for peace and security, human rights and sustainable development is seen as crucial to ensuring a united world.A 'global commitment for digital cooperation' is a key recommendation by the SecretaryGeneral's Highlevel Panel on Digital Cooperation .The most important policy objective of this meeting will be To ensure transparency in cybercrime investigations across all sectors. The purpose shall not be to interfere with law enforcement operations or other legal processes." "We have committed our view over time towards achieving an effective solution at its core."
In 2015 the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action and the 2030 Agenda for sustainable Development established and launched the Technology Facilitation Mechanism in order to support the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs.In resolutions 72242 and 7317 the General Assembly specifically addressed the issues related to rapid technological change and the impact it poses on the SDGs and targets.The Global Sustainable Development Report 2019, launched at the SDG Summit, recognized technology as one of four key levers for transformational pathways to development, including a focus to assessing the holistic impacts of new technologies to reduce tradeoffs across all goals and targets and deploying new technology to reduce inequalities.While we have been working with governments around Europe since 2011 about how important digital currencies are that they can be used both economically or socially today's challenges will continue.
It identifies a gap between the outcomes achieved for each SDG in the countries studied and those achieved in OECD countries.The region still has a long way to go to achieve the SDG targets set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.The authors explain how investment in digital infrastructure can help close the gaps between the region and these two benchmarks OECD countries and SDG targets. This is an example of what happens when you are trying something like this. The only thing that will happen if your organization starts with zerotolerance policies, then it does not mean all other metrics would be used as indicators or measures instead we could use them together rather than using just one metric at every time!
The Principles for Digital Development Digital Principles are a set of nine living guidelines designed to help digital development practitioners across numerous sectors integrate established best practices into technologyenabled programs.By using the Digital Principles, organizations can develop more effective and sustainable solutions and move one step closer to achieving the SDGs.Our Sustainable Development Goals and Digital Principles Card Game Activity goes one step further and encourages participants to draw connections between the two frameworks.A guide on how our business model works in this case is available at www.digitalpracticesguideanddiscipline.orgcontent.