Climate change and COP26: Are digital technologies and information management part of the problem or the solution? An editorial reflection and call to action

Yogesh Dwivedi, Laurie Hughes, Arpan Kar, Abdullah Baabdullah, Purva Grover, Roba Abbas, Daniela Andreini, Iyad Abumoghli, Yves Barlette, Deborah Bunker, Leona Chandra Kruse, Ioanna Constantiou, Robert Davison, Rameshwar Dubey, Henry Fenby-Taylor, Babita Gupta, Wu He, Mitsuru Kodama, Matti Mäntymäki, Bhimaraya Metri, Katina Michael, Johan Olaisen, Niki Panteli, Samuli Pekkola, Rohit Nishant, Ramakrishnan Raman, Nripendra Rana, Frantz Rowe (frantz.rowe@univ-nantes.fr), Suprateek Sarker, Brenda Scholtz, Maung Sein, Jeel Shah, Thompson Teo, Manoj Tiwari, Morten Vendelø and Michael Wade
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Yogesh Dwivedi: Swansea University
Laurie Hughes: EMaRC - Emerging Markets Research Centre - School of Management [Swansea] - Swansea University
Arpan Kar: IIT Delhi - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Abdullah Baabdullah: King Abdulaziz University
Purva Grover: HISP India - Health Information Systems Programmes
Roba Abbas: University of Wollongong [Australia]
Daniela Andreini: UniBg - Università degli Studi di Bergamo = University of Bergamo
Iyad Abumoghli: UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme - United Nations
Yves Barlette: Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School
Deborah Bunker: The University of Sydney Business School
Leona Chandra Kruse: Université du Liechtenstein
Ioanna Constantiou: CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen]
Robert Davison: CUHK - City University of Hong Kong [Hong Kong]
Babita Gupta: CSUMB - California State University [Monterey Bay]
Wu He: ODU - Old Dominion University [Norfolk]
Matti Mäntymäki: University of Turku
Bhimaraya Metri: IIM Nagpur - Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
Frantz Rowe: SKEMA Business School - SKEMA Business School, LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes

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Abstract: The UN COP26 2021 conference on climate change offers the chance for world leaders to take action and make urgent and meaningful commitments to reducing emissions and limit global temperatures to 1.5 • C above preindustrial levels by 2050. Whilst the political aspects and subsequent ramifications of these fundamental and critical decisions cannot be underestimated, there exists a technical perspective where digital and IS technology has a role to play in the monitoring of potential solutions, but also an integral element of climate change solutions. We explore these aspects in this editorial article, offering a comprehensive opinion based insight to a multitude of diverse viewpoints that look at the many challenges through a technology lens. It is widely recognized that technology in all its forms, is an important and integral element of the solution, but industry and wider society also view technology as being part of the problem. Increasingly, researchers are referencing the importance of responsible digitalization to eliminate the significant levels of e-waste. The reality is that technology is an integral component of the global efforts to get to net zero, however, its adoption requires pragmatic tradeoffs as we transition from current behaviors to a more climate friendly society.

Keywords: Climate change; COP26; Digital world Information management; Information systems; Information technology; Sustainability; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-11-24
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Published in International Journal of Information Management, 2021, 63, ⟨10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102456⟩

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