Digitisation has the potential to be a vital part of the solution to one of the biggest challenges facing societies today: Climate change, as strategic deployment of data and emerging technologies will be cornerstone in supporting the green transition.
Digitisation has great potential to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and help societies adapt to climate change.
The Agency for Digital Government has been contributing to the acceleration of the digital green transition by supporting and utilizing digital solutions, data and emerging technologies. For instance, through the signature projects funded by the Danish National Uptake Fund for New Technologies.
The signature projects show how data-driven solutions can optimize the consumption of energy in public buildings, and how machine learning can support warning systems for extreme weather events.
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Data is a vital part of the digital green transition, as it provides the necessary insight on climate change and enables the implementation and utilisation of emerging technologies.
The Agency for Digital Government has been engaged in cooperation with other ministries to ensure that relevant public data concerning emissions and environmental impact is accessible to the private sector, knowledge institutions and public authorities.
However, with increasing volumes of data used in digital solutions and emerging technologies, digitisation also contributes to an increase in energy usage, and thus greenhouse gas emissions. It is vital to ensure that datacenters processing and storing public data provides the greenst services possible. The Agency for Digital Government has examined what green requirements, organization across the public sector can include in tenders for datacenters, server rooms and cloud services, and reached the conclusion that the EU's Green Public Procurement criteria is the most appropriate to use. The criteria have been tested in selected public procurement processes in 2022-2023 and are now included in guidelines for public tenders, provided by the public procurement service for state and minicipalities (SKI).
