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Climate change and COP26: Are digital technologies and information management part of the problem or the solution? An editorial reflection and call to action

Yogesh K. DwivediDepartment of Management, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune & Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaLaurie HughesEmerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC), School of Management, Swansea University, Bay Campus, UKArpan Kumar KarDepartment of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, IndiaAbdullah M. BaabdullahDepartment of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaPurva GroverInformation Systems, International Management Institute New Delhi, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, IndiaRoba AbbasSchool of Business, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, AustraliaDaniela AndreiniDepartment of Management, University of Bergamo, ItalyIyad AbumoghliDirector of Faith for Earth, United Nations Environment Programme, USAYves BarletteMontpellier Business School (MBS), Montpellier, FranceDeborah BunkerProfessor (Research Affiliate), Systems and Information, The University of Sydney Business School, Honorary Professor, Systems and Information, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, AustraliaLeona Chandra KruseUniversity of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, LiechtensteinIoanna ConstantiouDepartment of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkRobert M. DavisonDepartment of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Hong KongRahul DéIndian Institute of Management Bangalore, IndiaRameshwar DubeyLiverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, UKHenry Fenby-TaylorHead of Information Management, the Centre for Digital Built Britain, University of Cambridge, UKBabita GuptaCollege of Business, California State University Monterey Bay, USAWu HeDepartment of Information Technology & Decision Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USAMitsuru KodamaCollege of Commerce & Graduate School of Business Administration, Nihon University, Tokyo, JapanMatti MäntymäkiUniversity of Turku, Turku School of Economics, Turku, FinlandBhimaraya MetriDirector, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, IndiaKatina MichaelSchool for the Future of Innovation in Society & School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University, Tempe, USAJohan OlaisenBI Norwegian Business School, 0442 Oslo, NorwayNiki PanteliRoyal Holloway University of London, UK and NTNU, NorwaySamuli PekkolaFaculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, FinlandRohit NishantMIS Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Universite Laval, CanadaRamakrishnan RamanSymbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, IndiaNripendra P. Rana(College of Business & Economics, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)Frantz RoweNantes University, LEMNA, and SKEMA Business School, FranceSuprateek SarkerMcIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, USABrenda ScholtzNelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South AfricaMaung K. SeinUniversity of South-Eastern Norway and Kristiania University College Norway, NorwayJeel Dharmeshkumar ShahData Scientist (Cognitive computing and Advanced Analytics), IBM India Pvt. Ltd, IndiaThompson S.H. TeoFull Professor (Analytics and Operations Department) @ NUS Business School, SingaporeManoj Kumar TiwariDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India; Director, National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, IndiaMorten Thanning VendeløDepartment of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark,Michael WadeGlobal Center for Digital Business Transformation, IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland

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The UN COP26 2021 conference on climate change offers the chance for world leaders to take action and make urgent and meaningful commitments to reducing emissions and limit global temperatures to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Whilst the political aspects and subsequent ramifications of these fundamental and critical decisions cannot be underestimated, there exists a technical perspective where digital and IS technology has a role to play in the monitoring of potential solutions, but also an integral element of climate change solutions. We explore these aspects in this editorial article, offering a comprehensive opinion based insight to a multitude of diverse viewpoints that look at the many challenges through a technology lens. It is widely recognized that technology in all its forms, is an important and integral element of the solution, but industry and wider society also view technology as being part of the problem. Increasingly, researchers are referencing the importance of responsible digitalization to eliminate the significant levels of e-waste. The reality is that technology is an integral component of the global efforts to get to net zero, however, its adoption requires pragmatic tradeoffs as we transition from current behaviors to a more climate friendly society.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102456

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