IT as Hero or Villain

IT may be a sustainability villain (manufacture, use, disposal) or hero (remote work, process efficiency, etc.) and this consulting report says it’s the former and not the latter.
It’s anecdotal though until we have results of empirical studies of large samples of firms (or industries, or countries) examining the net impact of IT on such metrics [...]

Role of IT in Integrated Assessment

Integrated assessment is an approach to elucidating causes and effects by combining information from various scientific disciplines, resulting in powerful insights and policy recommendations.
Information technologies can play a critical role in effective integrated assessment:
Through and beyond these knowledge and information “transfer” functions, a reciprocal interactive use of ICT can promote a social “appropriation” of sustainability problems ( “Information [...]