{"id":834,"date":"2024-10-09T09:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T09:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/?page_id=834"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:45:48","slug":"industry-enablement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/impact\/industry-enablement\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry enablement"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section>\n    <div class=\"text-section\">\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-left\" data-span=\"8\">\n                        <h2 class=\"h3\">\n        Facilitate a green transition across all industries through digital technology and skills development\u00a0    <\/h2>\n                        <p>\n        Digital technologies and the ICT sector play a key role in supporting climate mitigation and adaptation across industries. These technologies enhance energy efficiency, improve resource management, and optimize infrastructure, contributing to significant reductions in carbon emissions. ICT innovations such as smart grids, IoT, and AI facilitate real-time monitoring of environmental factors, industrial processes, and resource management, enabling efficient and data-driven governance. ICT solutions aid in transitioning to renewable energy, reducing reliance on carbon-intensive systems while promoting a circular economy and sustainable practices\u200b.\u00a0\u00a0    <\/p>\n                        <h3 class=\"h5\">\n            <\/h3>\n                        <p>\n            <\/p>\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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/enablement.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-855\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:129px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/enablement.png 176w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/enablement-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(45,142,159) 0%,rgb(45,142,159) 100%);font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">How can we leverage ICT innovations to accelerate climate action and achieve substantial emissions reductions across industries? <\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <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        Progress to date    <\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-right data-span-override\" data-span=\"4\">\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n            <ul class=\"ituTimeline\" data-span=\"8\">\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>2022 Methodology to assess how the use of ICT solutions impacts greenhouse gas emissions of other sectors\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br>As digitalization scales up, it is essential to assess the net climate impact of these solutions, accounting for the emissions they help avoid. ITU-T\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/rec\/T-REC-L.1480\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recommendation L.1480<\/a> provides a harmonized methodology for assessing how the use of digital solutions impacts greenhouse gas emissions of other sectors.                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>2023 Greening Digital Companies Report<br><\/strong>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/Environment\/PublishingImages\/Pages\/Greening-Digital-Companies-2023\/Greening%20digital%20companies%202023%20report%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greening Digital Companies Report 2023<\/a>, ICT-enabled solutions have the potential by 2030 to reduce worldwide emissions in various industries by up to 12 080 Mt CO2e , which is 9.7 times the size of the estimated direct emissions of the entire ICT sector. Our GDA Partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Enablement-Effect-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GSMA<\/a>, forecasts that mobile connectivity can enable 43% of the required reduction in the buildings sector, 65% in transportation, 16% in manufacturing, and 46% in the energy sector.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>2025 Digital technologies in NDCs: Stocktake and analysis<br><\/strong>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/hub\/publication\/S-GEN-GDA.002-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new ITU brief<\/a> on digital technologies in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) shows that, by 2035, many countries plan to use digital solutions to decarbonize energy, transport, buildings, industry and other sectors, and to track progress towards their climate goals. Almost 90% of analysed NDCs mention digital solutions for climate action.\u00a0                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>Call for use cases<br><\/strong>We are collecting real-world use cases from companies, cities and countries that are using digital solutions to cut emissions or support climate targets in other sectors. If you are deploying a digital solution with measurable climate benefits we invite you to share your experience and results. The use cases may be selected for showcasing in upcoming ITU knowledge products and for receiving support to calculate the net carbon impact of their solutions.<br><br><strong>Submit a use case <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=12TkI-YEh0uRPCS9iSGf086Bs1UNRtRMi_w180Rx7CVUM0tVMkdWM0RJM1U5Nk8yTzZOR1VNSjE0Vy4u&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can we leverage ICT innovations to accelerate climate action and achieve substantial emissions reductions across industries?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":900,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"obsolete-templates\/page-submenu.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-834","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}