Digital solutions can help fight climate change

Canadians want our country to lead on climate action.

While progress is being made, Canada lags behind the G7 countries as we work to meet our global targets for greenhouse gas emissions.

We have an opportunity to become leaders in the fight against climate change. However, early research shows Canada may be missing a huge opportunity to meet our targets by not including digital policies in our climate action planning. This means everyone needs access to high speed internet and we need to reduce barriers to adopting digital-first solutions.

If Canada invests in digital policy, making inclusive connectivity a part of our climate strategy, we can lower our carbon emissions and get closer to reaching net-zero.

With your support, we can make digital policy part of the climate conversation. Let’s start today.

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The following reports outline the positive impacts that strong digital policy can have on the climate crisis.

Digital Policy is Climate Policy

According to a new report by FarrPoint, use of wireless and wireline networks can reduce greenhouse gasses by 15-20% globally, equivalent to all global transport systems.Read the report

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The role of 5G in the fight against the climate crisis

According to a report by Accenture, 5G can help reduce up to 20% of GHG emissions with mobile technologies having the potential to address 23% of Canada's total 2030 emission reduction target by 2025.Read the report

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Policy driver

To help Canada reduce GHG emissions by 40-60% of the Paris climate targets, we need to put an end to spectrum hoarding, FarrPoint's report reveals.Read the report

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