Tech for a Better Planet: Can Technology Protect Our Home?
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SHENZHEN, China, May 28, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
On June 6, Huawei is hosting the 2022 Tech for a Better Planet summit with
support from IUCN(International Union for Conservation of Nature).
With greenhouse gases choking the earth and up to 1 million of plant and animal
species threatened with
extinction(https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline
-unprecedented-report/), World Environment Day
2022(https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/) comes at a time when our planet
is facing unprecedented challenges.
The world's growing population requires more power than ever before, with
average energy consumption jumping by 1% to 2% every
year(https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption). And increasing
technology adoption is a contributing factor to humanity's growing carbon
footprint. For example, in 2020, smartphones accounted for 1% of global carbon
emissions, but this is forecast to rise to 3.5% within a
decade(https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/why-your-smartphone-is-contributin
g-to-climate-change). Equally, traffic on telecom networks is predicted to
increase fivefold from 2018 to
2024(https://www.huawei.com/en/technology-insights/publications/winwin/40/3-path
ways-green-network), with each person in the world expected to generate the
data equivalent of 6,700 photo uploads per day.
So, is technology helping or hurting the planet? Can we turn the tide against
the environmental threats using technology?
A key step moving forward is to prioritize energy-efficiency and green
development in the technology sector and to pass on the innovations we make to
other industries. From green communications networks to green data centers,
green innovations can make a pivotal difference to the global carbon footprint
created by business. By adopting digital technologies, we predict that
industries can reduce their energy consumption by 20% by 2030, a carbon offset
that will be ten times greater than the energy used by the ICT sector itself.
However, increased energy consumption is not the only threat our planet faces.
The ability of the world's rainforests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is
declining as rapidly as forest cover is disappearing, reducing carbon sinks and
creating a domino effect on habitat and biodiversity loss.
For nature conservation, we must develop solutions that can understand the
world's ecosystems and form the basis of effective protective measures. With
our partners, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) and Rainforest Connection, we have been developing solutions under our
Tech4Nature and TECH4ALL initiatives to make this possible in ecosystems around
the world, from rainforests, mountains, and plateaus to wetlands, rivers, and
oceans.
Infrared camera technology analyzed by cloud AI, for example, is helping to
track and monitor species that are close to extinction, including the Darwin's
fox and Hainan gibbon.
Similar technologies are enabling the restoration of a coral reef system in the
Indian Ocean and working to prevent an invasive species from decimating wild
Atlantic salmon populations in Europe. AI-powered acoustics solutions deployed
in tree canopies can detect the sounds of chainsaws and trucks associated with
illegal logging in rainforests and send real-time alerts to rangers in the
field. According to the UN, up to 90% of logging is illegal and, since
pre-industrial times, 64% of all rainforest has been destroyed or degraded.
Collaborate for conservation
While technology underpins nature conservation and the net zero journey,
partnerships deliver the results. On June 6 – the day after World Environment
Day 2022 – Huawei is hosting the 2022 Tech for a Better Planet summit with
support from IUCN. Our partners will be discussing the role of technology as an
enabler of protecting and restoring our badly damaged planet, including many of
the projects outlined in this article.
After all, we only have one earth.
Click the link to register for the
webinar(https://www.huawei.com/en/tech4all/news-and-events/events/environment-da
y-2022).
SOURCE Huawei
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Caption: Endemic to Chile and facing many threats, Darwin’s fox numbers have dwindled to
fewer than 1,000
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