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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Digitalization and Sustainability: A Call for a Digital Green Deal
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Tilman Santarius
  • Lina Dencik
  • Tomas Diez
  • Hugues Ferreboeuf
  • Patricia Jankowski
  • Stephanie Hankey
  • Angelika Hilbeck
  • Lorenz Hilty
  • Mattias Höjer
  • Dorothea Kleine
  • Steffen Lange
  • Johanna Pohl
  • Lucia Reisch
  • Marianne Ryghaug
  • Tim Schwanen
  • Philipp Staab
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Environmental Science & Policy
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1462-9011
Volume 174
Page Range 11 - 14
Date 2023
Abstract Text The relation between digitalization and environmental sustainability is ambiguous. There is potential of various digital technologies to slow down the transgression of planetary boundaries. Yet resource and energy demand for digital hardware production and use of data-intensive applications is of substantial size. The world over, there is no comprehensive regulation that addresses opportunities and risks of digital technology for sustainability. In this perspective article, we call for a Digital Green Deal that includes strong, cross-sectoral green digitalization policies on all levels of governance. We argue that a Digital Green Deal should first and foremost aim at greater policy coherence: Current digital policy initiatives should include measures that service environmental goals, and environmental policies must address risks and advance opportunities of digital technologies to spur sustainability transformations.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.04.020
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