March 4, 2024
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“CODES Side Event at the Sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6).
The side event discussed five central action areas that help to make a sustainable digital age a reality: the strategic use of global environmental data, the building blocks of sustainable digital infrastructure, the use of sustainable AI for the SDGs, the critical role of digital sustainability literacy and how ‘digital public infrastructures (DPI)’ can support climate and environmental protection. The side event was open to civil society, researchers, tech innovators and Government representatives. The side event was followed by an informal online meet-up for updates on the Global Digital Compact consultation process as well as opportunities for community networking and strategic discussions with a dedicated community.
About the organizers:
Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) is led by Sustainability in the Digital Age, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Science Council, the German Environment Agency, the Kenya Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Future Earth, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). CODES is an international multi-stakeholder alliance created in March 2021 in response to the UN Secretary General’s Roadmap on Digital Cooperation, with the purpose of advancing digital sustainability – understood as the design, development, deployment and regulation of digital technologies to accelerate environmentally and socially sustainable development.”