Digital Public Infrastructure for Environmental Sustainability

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.editorBrown, Anna
dc.contributor.editorLawrence-Brown, Amanda
dc.contributor.organizationIndustry and Economy Division
dc.contributor.otherChen, Yaxuan
dc.contributor.otherVergara, Ana Fernandez
dc.contributor.otherHamilton, Angus
dc.contributor.otherStockinger, Kurt
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-12T11:09:45Z
dc.date.available2024-03-12T11:09:45Z
dc.date.issued2024-03
dc.descriptionThe report examines common information challenges stakeholders face when making decisions related to environmental sustainability and explores the role that Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can play as a key part of the solution. To tackle the interconnected triple environmental planetary crises, it is critical to have accessible, timely, credible, and insightful information that can support environmental sustainability decision-making. Developing interconnected data exchange mechanisms has become a necessity, but sole reliance on private solutions will likely fail to comprehensively address the challenges and may result in further data fragmentation. A blend of private and public solutions is essential. However, there is currently a notable gap in DPI to facilitate the flow of environmental sustainability information to different stakeholders. This report analyses three cases related to the agri-food sector and identifies six categories of technology innovations (TIs) that could help tackle information challenges: Open data discovery for environmental sustainability; Privacy enhancing technologies to enable flow of environmental sustainability information; Data markets for environmental sustainability-related data; Computational law and data integration of green and circular economy policy measures; Using Large Language Models to ‘speak’ with green and circular economy policy; Tools and techniques for human-centred artificial intelligence in environmental sustainability decision-makingen
dc.description.urihttps://www.unep.org/resources/report/digital-public-infrastructure-environmental-sustainability
dc.formatpdf
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-4157-5
dc.identifier.otherDTI/2647/GA
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/45181
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation.TableOfContentsAcknowledgements Acronyms Glossary Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Identifying Challenges Through Three Use-Cases 2.1 Environmental Monitoring 2.1.1 Identifying Environmental Problems and Trends 2.1.2 Identifying the Drivers of Forest Loss 2.1.3 Connecting the Drivers of Deforestation With Value Chains 2.1.4 Observations on the Environmental Data Ecosystem 2.2 Value Chain Traceability 2.2.1 The Variety of Value Chain Monitoring Goals 2.2.2 Data Requirements and Challenges for Monitoring Deforestation From Agrifood Sector 2.2.3 Observations on Value Chain Data Ecosystem 2.3 Transparency of Green and Circular Economy Policies 2.3.1 Information Requirements for Green and Circular Economy Policies 2.3.2 Observations on the Data Ecosystems of Green and Circular Economy Policies 2.4 Addressing Challenges Technology Innovations on the Rise 3.1 TI1: Open Data Discovery for Environmental Sustainability 3.2 TI2: Privacy Enhancing Technologies to Enable Flow of Environmental Sustainability Information 3.3 TI3: Data Markets for Environmental Sustainability-Related Data 3.4 TI4: Computational Law and Data Integration of Green and Circular Economy Policy Measures 3.5 TI5: Using Large Language Models to ‘Speak’ With Green and Circular Economy Policy 3.6 TI6: Tools and Techniques for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Sustainability Decision-Making 3.7 Technology Innovations for Environmentally Sustainable Outcomes Conclusions and Recommendations 4.1 Key Message: Using the Data Exchange System for Environmental Sustainability 4.2 Action Points: Enabling a Digital Public Infrastructure for Environmental Sustainability References
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectenvironmental data
dc.subjectenvironmental monitoring
dc.subjectenvironmental information
dc.subjecttechnological innovation
dc.subjectinformation infrastructure
dc.subject.themeinformation
dc.subject.themedigital transformation
dc.titleDigital Public Infrastructure for Environmental Sustainabilityen
dc.typeTechnical report

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