The Digital Climate Alliance Releases “The Future of the United States Climate Policy is Digital” Report
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July 28, 2021
THE DIGITAL CLIMATE ALLIANCE RELEASES “THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES CLIMATE POLICY IS DIGITAL” REPORT
New report identifies how climate change, decarbonization, and sustainability policy must embrace digital technologies.
Washington, DC – Today, the Digital Climate Alliance, a coalition comprised of global technology companies, released its inaugural policy paper “The Future of the United States Climate Policy is Digital: How Digital Tools and Platforms can Revolutionize U.S. Climate Policy”, which provides recommendations for federal policymakers and the private sector to leverage digital tools and platforms to address the ongoing climate crisis.
The internet and digitalization are the biggest drivers of economy-wide, systems change in our lifetime, resulting in transformational change in social relationships, global connectivity, science, and governance. Digitalization can play the same role for climate change. Unfortunately, policy and regulatory frameworks have not kept up with industry’s advancements in digital technologies to fully utilize their potential for climate solutions.
As the Federal government advances ambitious goals to tackle the climate crisis, the Digital Climate Alliance’s Policy Paper highlights opportunities for policymakers to harness digital technologies to accelerate environmental progress and advance decarbonization efforts across the buildings, infrastructure, industrial, and transportation sectors. As the United States seeks to reassert its international climate leadership and provide opportunities for economic growth, sustainable investment, and job creation, now is the time to accelerate digital technologies for sustainability.
Moving forward, the Digital Climate Alliance looks forward to working with Administration officials and Members of Congress to advance the priorities and recommendations included in the Policy Paper. In fact, the Alliance recently worked with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to include one of the paper’s recommendations as an amendment to the Energy Infrastructure Act, which the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced earlier this month.
To download the policy paper, please click here.
Contact Information:
Tom Lawler, Digital Climate Alliance
lawler@digitalclimate.io
About the Digital Climate Alliance:
The Digital Climate Alliance is a coalition of companies developing and utilizing digital technologies and tools to reduce their environmental impacts and, those of their customers. Twenty-first century problems need twenty-first century solutions. The Alliance’s goal is to promote digital technologies and tools to enable solving climate, water, and energy challenges that impact economic development, business growth, social well-being, and ecosystem health.
As the pace of digital transformation accelerates across every sector of the U.S. and global economy, companies are increasingly leveraging an array of digital tools and platforms to optimize business efficiencies, drive sustainable outcomes, and reduce climate impacts. The Digital Climate Alliance members are building and utilizing digital solutions to improve efficiency and reduce the environmental impacts - or "footprint" - of their companies, products, and services. They are also using their digital "handprint" to enable their customers and supply chains to meet their own climate action and sustainability goals.