Innovative Technologies
When it comes to achieving a sustainable world, it is critical to actively foster innovation within the sustainable development sector, as well as encouraging the adoption of new technologies from other sectors.
In fact, such is the necessity that the United Nations opted to dedicate Sustainable Development Goal 9 to building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation.
IISD has been exploring how certain innovative technologies such as Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, originally embraced by the banking sector to increase the effectiveness of their business, could be adopted by the environmental and sustainable development sectors. We are especially interested in how those who work on freshwater stewardship can look to these technologies to better monitor water flow and the contaminants that enter our lakes.
We are now looking to use AI technolgies to reimagine how IISD Experimental Lakes Area uses its 50-year dataset to understand the future of its lakes, especially given a changing climate.
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Five Ways Blockchain Technology Can be Used for Resilience
Disruptive technology has vast applications toward increasing the resilience of individuals, communities and ecosystems. Here are five encouraging examples.
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Using Technology to Solve Today's Water Challenges
Eight case studies of organizations using innovative technologies to make better decisions regarding the protection of our fresh water.
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Harnessing the Flow of Data: Fintech opportunities for ecosystem management
This report explores how new technologies—like big data, the Internet of things, blockchain and artificial intelligence—can support smarter ecosystem management.
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Using Financial Technologies for a More Sustainable Planet
If you have heard of the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence and blockchain, then you have probably heard of "fintech." We explore how these financial technologies could be applied to create a more sustainable planet.
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