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 Under a Creative Commons license Open access Highlights• Technology is an integral component of many of the proposed mitigation measures. There exists an urgent need for education on e-waste impact on the environment. •Greater focus is needed on responsible digitalization to engender sustained change. •Alignment of smart initiatives to SDGs is an underdeveloped research area. •Greater awareness is needed on lived in realities of environmental tradeoffs. AbstractThe 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. KeywordsClimate change COP26 Digital world Information management Information systems Information technology Sustainability Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Cited by (0)© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Green IT (green information technology) is the practice of environmentally sustainable computing. Green IT aims to minimize the negative impact of IT operations on the environment by designing, manufacturing, operating and disposing of computers and computer-related products in an environmentally-friendly manner.The motives behind green IT practices include reducing the use of hazardous materials, maximizing energy efficiency during the product's lifetime and promoting the biodegradability of unused and outdated products. The concept of green IT emerged in 1992 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched Energy Star, a voluntary labeling program that helps organizations save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by identifying products that offer superior energy efficiency. Other components of green IT include the redesign of data centers and the growing popularity of virtualization, green networking and cloud computing. See also: green computing, green cloud, green collar, green data center, greenwashing This was last updated in December 2013 Continue Reading About green IT (green information technology)
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What is a subset of sustainable MIS that refers to the environmentally responsible use?Clean computing. a subset of sustainable MIS, refers to the environmentally responsible use, manufacture, and disposal of technology products and computer equipment.
What is a sustainable MIS infrastructure?Sustainable MIS infrastructure identifies ways that a company can grow in terms of computing resources while becoming less dependent on hardware and energy consumption.
What is the computing concept that stores manages and processes data and applications over the Internet rather than on a personal computer or server?Cloud computing is the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. While the term “cloud computing” may be new, the concept is not.
What serves only one customer or organization and can be located on or off the customer's premises?Private cloud is a single-tenant environment, meaning all resources are accessible to one customer only—this is referred to as isolated access. Private clouds are typically hosted on-premises in the customer's data center.
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