COP28
UN Climate Change Conference 2023
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Green Digital Action initiative made a significant impact at COP28, where tech companies and governments committed to advancing climate action through digital technology. Key outcomes included corporate agreements on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, cross-country collaboration on e-waste regulation, and a joint statement on integrating sustainability into technical standards. The initiative also secured pledges to support disaster alerts through cell-broadcast services, showcasing the tech sector’s leadership in addressing the climate crisis.
Key outcomes
- Corporate agreements on reducing greenhouse gas emissions following science-based targets aligned with the goal of limiting climate warming to 1.5oC, and creating transition plans as well as increasing transparency on emissions data across the tech industry.
- Cross-country collaboration to develop e-waste regulation as a key vehicle to foster a circular tech industry.
- Joint statement by the leading international standards developers – ITU, ISO and IEC – on the importance of sustainability being built into technical standards development by design, and standards helping the world reach net-zero emissions and achieve a resource-efficient circular and low-carbon economy.
- Strengthening of industry and country collaboration on the implementation of environmental sustainability standards through an action plan.
- Pledge from the mobile telecommunication and satellite industry to support the Early Warnings for All initiative through cell-broadcast and direct-to-device services to protect everyone through life-saving disaster alerts by 2027. A public sector pledge to implement cell-broadcast using a regulatory approach was also made.
Schedule of sessions – COP28
🟧 COP28 GDA high-level opening
🟩 COP28 GDA Breakthrough sessions
🟦 Partner sessions