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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