Sustainable Development Goals and Digital Technologies: Mapping Scientific Research
- The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set ambitious targets to be met by 2030. With less than10 years left, technology might be crucial to close the sustainability gap.
- This brief provides evidence on the scientific knowledge related to SDGs, Digital Technologies (DTs), and their intersection.
- China and the United States are major players in scientific research in the selected domains. Yet, EU countries together produce more scientific publications than any single country.
- Unlike other DTs, Artificial Intelligence (AI) finds applications in almost all SDGs.
- NLP analyses show that AI is positively associated with most SDGs, although this does not apply to SDG5 (Gender Equality), SDG10 (Reduced Inequality) and SDG16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions). The latter is the most negatively affected by digital technologies, particularly blockchain and computing infrastructure.
BIANCHINI Stefano;
BOTTERO Paolo;
COLAGROSSI Marco;
DAMIOLI Giacomo;
GHISETTI Claudia;
MICHOUD Kévin;
2023-05-30
European Commission
JRC133609
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133609,
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