EIT Digital joins European Green Digital Coalition to guide climate change solutions

EIT Digital has joined the European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC), which unites companies in harnessing digital solutions as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The EGDC announced EIT Digital’s acceptance as a Coalition Supporting Partner, a position that will see EIT Digital providing thought leadership from its network’s vast expertise while also introducing EIT Digital membership to the EGDC.

The EGDC was founded in 2021 with the understanding that science-based support from the ICT sector can drive greenhouse gas reductions in all other sectors - including high-emission sectors like industry, transportation and agriculture.

Human activity creates the excess greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. Digital science is needed to help develop new technologies that can reduce emissions and to measure the true effectiveness of these new tools.

The initiative is supported by the European Commission and European Parliament, based on the request of the EU Council. The EC is funding a European Pilot Project to operate the secretariat of the EGDC.

Members of the EGDC sign the Declaration to support the Green and Digital Transformation of the EU. Signatories are commitment to:

• invest in the development and use of greener digital technologies and services;
• develop methods and tools to measure the real impact of green digital technologies on the environment and climate, through cooperation with NGOs and expert organisations;
• co-create, with representatives of other sectors, recommendations and guidelines for a green digital transformation that benefit the environment, society and economy.