Climate justice and digitalization: A plea to consider broader socio-economic implications of digitalization and climate change
Open Access
- 20 October 2022
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oekom Publishers GmbH in GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
- Vol. 31 (3), 146-150
- https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.3.4
Abstract
Digitalization can be a promising tool in the fight against climate change. Besides influencing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation strategies, digitalization affects matters of climate justice, including the way the impacts of global warming and the co-benefits of climate protection are distributed. For example, to advance fair benefit sharing of digital climate technologies, the decentralization of technological development must be initiated, and rules for fair competition must be established. Political action and the shaping of digitalization are necessary to govern the societal implications of these urgent developments.Keywords
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