Digital Environmental Sustainability and AI in the Global Digital Compact

Digital Environmental Sustainability and AI in the Global Digital Compact Follow-up
AI and emerging tech are crucial for accelerating the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, playing a key role in climate action, energy efficiency, green networks, and circular economy. However, the increasing use of digital tools, including AI, raises energy and water consumption, GHG emissions, rare earth minerals usage, and e-waste. There is an urgent need to govern AI and other digital technologies in a sustainable way by bringing together diverse stakeholder groups and experts. To address this, the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) has been advancing the global movement for digital sustainability, catalyzing sustainable digital practices and advocating for policies such as the Global Digital Compact - to be signed by Member States at the up-coming Summit of the Future. This event will engage participants in a dialogue around the Global Digital Compact’s Environmental Sustainability Principle, including priorities and next steps for implementation, and actions to promote the environmental sustainability of AI, with examples of best practices from guest speakers.

Participants will also be able to network with other community members at the intersection of digital innovation, sustainability, and policy.
Event deliverables:

1. Discuss/Organize follow up of the Environmental sustainability mandate of the GDC
2. Initiate action towards sustainable AI for the 2030 Agenda
3. Present UNEP Issue Brief on sustainable AI and respective research agenda
   

Time & Format: 10:00 - 11:30 am, Sep 20, 2024 (hybrid)

Location: United Nations Development Programme, FF Building, 304 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017, United States of America. The FF Building, 304 East 45th Street is a 3-minute walk from the Secretariat building

About CODES:

The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) stands for a global community of hundreds of active experts, researchers and practitioners working on digital sustainability and is co-championed by the German Environment Agency, Future Earth, the International Science Council, the International Telecommunication Union, the Kenyan Environment Ministry, the think tank Sustainability in the Digital Age, the UN Development Programme and the UN Environment Programme. Today, CODES is the global driving voice on digital environmental sustainability, advocating the topic at global policy arenas on an annual basis. CODES has made significant contributions to the global narrative on digital transformation, supporting many UN and other global processes, in particular the Global Digital Compact. UN Secretary General’s “Our Common Agenda Policy Brief #5 - Global Digital Compact”, recognizes the work of CODES as a prime example for SDG17 in fostering partnerships to leverage digital technologies for the SDGs. Visit

Attendance
In-person: Limited seats available for in-person attendance

Virtual:

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Meeting ID: 395 347 564 558, Passcode: XXZmWA

Host or Publisher Sustainability in the Digital Age