{"id":21319,"date":"2025-03-21T15:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/?page_id=21319"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:48:09","slug":"green-digital-transformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/about\/thematic-areas\/green-digital-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Green digital transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section>\n    <div class=\"text-section\">\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-left\" data-span=\"8\">\n                        <h3 class=\"h5\">\n        Digital technologies play an increasingly important role in addressing climate change and advancing environmental sustainability.    <\/h3>\n                        <p>\n        Emerging innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and digital platforms are enabling new approaches to climate monitoring, mitigation, and adaptation.<br><br>These technologies are helping to:    <\/p>\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>optimize energy use in networks and data centers<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>improve climate modelling<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>monitor biodiversity<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>support early warning systems for extreme weather events<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>                        <p>\n        Together, they demonstrate the growing role of digital solutions in accelerating global climate action.    <\/p>\n                        <h3 class=\"h5\">\n        <strong>Ensuring sustainable digital infrastructure<\/strong>    <\/h3>\n                        <p>\n        At the same time, the rapid expansion of digital infrastructure raises important sustainability considerations. WTPF theme \u201c<strong>Green digital transformation\u201d<\/strong> explores how the development, deployment, and use of telecommunication and ICT technologies can remain environmentally sustainable.<br><br>This includes improving energy efficiency across digital infrastructure, promoting circular economy approaches to reduce e-waste, and strengthening policies and international cooperation to align digital innovation with global climate and sustainability goals.<br>    <\/p>\n                        <h3 class=\"h5\">\n        <strong>Green Digital Action initiative<\/strong>    <\/h3>\n                        <p>\n        Digital technologies are increasingly recognized as <strong>both an enabler of climate action and a sector that must reduce its own environmental footprint.<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Digital Action (GDA)<\/a> is a global multistakeholder partnership that promotes digital solutions for climate action while reducing the environmental footprint of digital technologies.    <\/p>\n                        <p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/\" class=\"ituBtn\" rel=\"noopener\">\n            Explore the partnership        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-right data-span-override\" data-span=\"4\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/greening-digital.png\" alt=\"greening digital\" class=\"wp-image-21628\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/greening-digital.png 169w, https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/greening-digital-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":21242,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21319\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtpf.itu.int\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}