The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was recently held in Dubai, UAE, and brought government officials and heads of state, business leaders, young people, climate scientists, journalists and various experts together to accelerate global efforts to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
When we think about climate change, this is the crisis of our lifetime.
Environmental sustainability trends for 2024 and beyond 1.
2024 will be a year of accounting for progress on climate action.
In 2015, the UN-brokered Paris Agreement established an international treaty on climate change.
2024 could see this come to a head with the emergence of new industry standards with a focus on GHG emissions accounting and climate impact materiality.
Governments worldwide must prioritize and incentivize smart grid development in 2024 to avoid major issues.
Many traditional 'power grids' are already being stretched to their limits, and increasingly common weather phenomena will continue to add more and more stress.
At the same time, the growth of renewables demands a more efficient grid to allow renewables to become more viable and avoid the conversion losses all too common in today's grids.
Micro grids have already begun to show their viability, which may start encouraging more ideas in harnessing them.
In order to avoid dangerous and costly failures of energy delivery systems, businesses and the public sector must begin now to address the future needs of the grid.
The growth of artificial intelligence creates an opportunity to use this new technology to further our sustainability goals.
The benefits of AI for sustainability have the potential to outweigh that impact.
Like many other areas, data will be crucial to tackling sustainability challenges.
With the promise of AI to make sense of data and offer crucial insights, sustainability could benefit greatly from the application of AI. AI is only as good as the data it is being fed.
A 20-year-old technology, Power over Ethernet, will finally get its moment in 2024.
Nature-based solutions to climate change will gain traction.
Technological developments are an important part of strategies to mitigate climate change, but discussions at COP28 reinforced the critical role of nature-based solutions, like protecting forests or restoring coastal marshes.
We must deliver climate mitigation, safeguard biological diversity, improve food security, and create more inclusive and resilient communities.
We're at a pivotal moment, but with bold, strategic, and collective action, I believe we can help mitigate the worst outcomes of climate change, ensuring the opportunity to build an inclusive future for all.
This Cyber News was published on feedpress.me. Publication date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:13:04 +0000