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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

IBM Big Data Hub

Climate models provide answers Human activities precipitated changes to the Earth’s climate in the 20th century and will largely determine the future climate. Global climate models have given climate scientists a set of expectations as to what the future could hold, both for the Earth at large and for specific regions.

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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

CIO Business Intelligence

That changed in 2017 when Swiss voters approved an energy act that would reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels by 2050. The combination of the smart meter data and weather forecast information would provide a calculated load profile in real-time, driving solar power production for the near future.

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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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IBM and Microsoft partnership accelerates sustainable cloud modernization

IBM Big Data Hub

Its aggressive sustainability goals included achieving net zero emissions by 2050, making all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2025 and investing more than USD 3 billion globally over several years to drive momentum.

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Why Data is Essential for the Big Oil Transformation: The Ørsted Story

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In January, the European Parliament approved the EU’s Green New Deal – pushing for a climate-neutral bloc by 2050, April saw COVID-19 force oil prices below zero, and President Xi Jinping announced that China will hit net-zero by 2060 in September. Navigating a new political and economic landscape. Digital turbines reduce maintenance costs.

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Ontotext’s Perspective on an Energy Knowledge Graph

Ontotext

This work is crucial for increasing industry digitalization, efficiency and competitiveness, counteracting the economic downturn from the COVID crisis as well as for realizing the European Green Deal by 2050. Simply put, AI without data is like a human surviving without oxygen. in its Transparency Platform. c and 14.2.c.

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Dawn of a new day for Africa: building a modern digital economy

CIO Business Intelligence

A report from non-profit Endeavor predicts that the market size of Africa’s digital economy could reach $712 billion by 2050 , fuelled by the nation’s young population, rising smartphone adoption, and increasing internet penetration. Africa’s digital economy and tech ecosystem is experiencing exponential growth.