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REVIEW article

Front. Clim.
Sec. Climate Monitoring
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fclim.2025.1436616

Use of ICTs to Confront Climate Change: Analysis and Perspectives

Provisionally accepted
FREDDY ESCOBAR TERAN FREDDY ESCOBAR TERAN *JOSE ZAPATA JOSE ZAPATA Felipe Briones Felipe Briones Marcelo Rosero Marcelo Rosero Jorge Portilla Jorge Portilla
  • University of the Armed Forces (ESPE), Latacunga, Ecuador

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    The effects of climate change, including temperature and precipitation changes, the retreat of ice sheets, and rising sea levels are more evident today. It emphasizes that greenhouse gases are the primary drivers of these changes. In this context, some international organizations such as the United Nations (UN) and others have been making significant efforts to combat these effects and have considered Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as an alternative for monitoring and mitigating climate change. However, the role of ICTs in climate change has not been analyzed in detail. Accordingly, this article presents research progress on the role of ICTs in climate change monitoring and evidence that ICTs are effective tools for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from different sectors. Additionally, this article provides a cost-benefit analysis of ICT applications in various sectors, emphasizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

    Keywords: Climate Change, GHG emissions reduction, information and communication technologies (ICTs), Internet of Things (IoT), and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    Received: 22 May 2024; Accepted: 28 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 ESCOBAR TERAN, ZAPATA, Briones, Rosero and Portilla. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: FREDDY ESCOBAR TERAN, University of the Armed Forces (ESPE), Latacunga, Ecuador

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