Tag: Climate Action

As the effects of climate change worsen, carbon credit markets are an increasingly important tool in reducing global emissions. Yet, for these systems to be wholly effective, they require access to credible, transparent, and representative data. Digital public infrastructure (DPI) offers one approach to advance the large-scale data exchange needed to mitigate the challenges faced by carbon credit markets, while simultaneously promoting interoperability, scalability, and trust.

Data can be a key driver in promoting climate action, but it must be properly and safely harnessed. In our March Digital Donors Exchange (DDX) session, we focused on the role that data can play in helping governments and frontline communities foster climate mitigation, adaptation, and response measures.

With the growing momentum to expand digital public infrastructure (DPI), we have an opportunity to build the secure, cross-border data-sharing infrastructure needed to generate, share, and use the data needed to accelerate climate action. 

Without a strategic plan to examine assumptions, share best practices, and realize potential, the full benefits of digital public infrastructure in mitigating climate change won’t be fully tapped into. Our research focuses on enhancing the role of climate considerations in digital transformation.