Enablement effect 2.0: getting the full picture
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Enablement effect 2.0: getting the full picture
The ICT enablement effect can quantify the impact of mobile-enabled digital technologies on carbon avoidance for a range of industries. While telecoms networks, data centres and devices have their own carbon footprints, their systemic value lies in the ability to make energy-intensive sectors more efficient, more electrified and better optimised. This report adopts an updated, standards-based approach aligned with ITU-T Recommendation L.1480 to assess the enablement effect. It looks beyond headline efficiency gains to capture the net impact of ICT.
GSMA Intelligence assessed the net ICT enablement effect across five major emitting sectors: manufacturing, transportation, energy & power, buildings and agriculture. The analysis standardises all regions against a 2050 net-zero trajectory and calculates the emissions reductions required by 2030 to stay on track.
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