Leveraging Technology in Education for a Healthy Planet

TARGET GROUP: INDUSTRIES AND NATURE

OBJECTIVES

·        To identify, analyse and solve the environmental problems of existing and emerging technologies using technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and mobile applications.

SUMMARY

We enter a new decade on the cusp of truly historic environmental, social and technological change. Climate change is rapidly outpacing many scientific predictions. The astonishing loss of wildlife populations shown by the latest Living Planet Index notes a 60% decline in just over 40 years. Extreme weather and natural disasters are disrupting life on the planet at unprecedented rates, placing immense pressure on the communities whose livelihoods and ecosystems are intrinsically linked. This next decade presents us with our greatest, and possibly last, opportunity to reverse environmental damage and drive positive change forward. Simultaneously, we are witnessing a technological revolution rooted in powerful new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, big data and smartphone applications. These innovations are reshaping industries and the nature and composition of work around the globe. The digitization of our work and private lives, combined with the widespread collection of personal data related to our habits, behaviours and preferences, raises a host of complex practical and ethical questions around privacy, autonomy and the future of work. Philanthropists and investors must proactively ensure that they are supporting organizations and projects that are socially inclusive and equitable as well as environmentally beneficial.

REFERENCE

https://environmentfunders.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/leveragingTECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION-Apri20.pdf