It was good to have had the opportunity to share some provocative thoughts around sustainability and the digital transformation in a short keynote for the CMI/AAU, IDA Connect and WWRF conference at Aalborg University in Copenhagen this morning (on 16th November).

Aalborg University Copenhagen

In summary, I sought to challenge some existing taken for granted (and politically correct) assumptions and rhetoric around digital tech and sustainable development, building around the following outline:

On sustainable development and the UN systemThe dominant global rhetoric on climate change and sustainabilityTowards a more holistic model of understanding the interface between digital tech and the environmentOn growth and innovationExamples of unsustainable digital developmentMany business modelsSpace and the global commonsSpectrum environmental efficiency Illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen of Hans Christian Andersen’s Kejserens nye klæder

The full slide deck is available here.