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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

Many countries have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, aligning with the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius. These efforts are often driven by stakeholder expectations, regulatory requirements and the recognition that sustainable business practices can improve the bottom line.

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Making Remarkable Energy Grids a Reality

CIO Business Intelligence

Energy Information Administration forecasts 47% higher global energy demand by 2050. [1] 2] But by 2050, as we collectively seek to meet net-zero targets, 90% of the world’s electricity is predicted to come from renewable sources. [3] The future is renewable Growth in energy demand is unlikely to change.

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Defining a new era of exponential companies

CIO Business Intelligence

Like the internet, AI was born in a digital-first world, using data as its food for artificial thought. Every evolution of AI reshapes markets in its own image and potential. And as AI becomes more proficient, its potential to reshape markets, and in turn, organizations, becomes exponentially faster and more effective.

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Driving buy-in: How CIOs get hesitant workforces to adopt AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is either] perceived as a magic wand: You just apply AI and suddenly your data — although it might be not accurate, consistent, reliable — suddenly becomes the opposite, or it’s something that is perceived as scary,” he says. For Nita, this means support must be driven from the top down.

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Powering a low-carbon digital Thailand

CIO Business Intelligence

At the 2021 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as COP26, Thailand proposed the visionary Carbon Neutrality 2050 roadmap to address climate change, mirroring the milestone laid out by the European Union (EU). Carbon Neutrality 2050, and the Bio-Circular-Green Economic Model.

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Celebrating World Oceans Day: Revitalizing the marine ecosystem with technology-driven engineered reefs to accelerate CO2 capture

IBM Big Data Hub

If no significant action is taken, 90% of all coral reefs are predicted to be extinct by 2050. However, many of these organizations lack a clear pathway to realizing their goals and 41% of surveyed executives cite inadequate data as their biggest obstacle to ESG progress.

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AI Is Reaching New Milestones In Senior Care In 2019

Smart Data Collective

Big data and artificial intelligence technology is going to play an extremely important role in the near future in the future of senior care. This figure is going to more than double by 2050. The benefits of this are threefold: Artificial intelligence-driven robots reduce the need for human workers. Cutting marketing costs.