The document discusses several initiatives aimed at enabling a "twin transition" between green and digital transformation. It describes programs that leverage digital technologies like AI, blockchain, and IoT to enhance sustainability and address climate change through innovations in areas like renewable energy, agriculture, and waste management. The initiatives seek to commercialize cleantech solutions, shape digital transformation in an environmentally friendly way, and harness digital potential to achieve climate goals through a combination of knowledge sharing, pilot projects, and multi-stakeholder partnerships.

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Dr. Björn-Sören Gigler, Head of Data Economy
and Blockchain – GIZ
Email: Bjorn-Soren.Gigler@giz.de
Digital + Climate Initiative
Enabling a Twin Transition

2. Intersection between Green and
Digital Transformation
• Paris Agreement: need for innovations and technology
pull and push
• Green and Digital transformation are taking place at the
same time and are closely intertwined with each other
• Digital innovations (AI, Blockchain, IoT, supercomputing)
provide unprecedented opportunities to enhance
sustainability of economy & society
• Radical new thinking and business models are
required- Business as usual will not be sufficient to
address the climate crisis
• Getting innovations out of the lab into the market-
Commercialization of digital clean tech solutions is
an important challenge
• Scale-up of clean tech innovations: 2 valleys of death.
Lack of early-stage financing and growth financing for
most innovative startups

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Shaping the Twin Transition
The ICT sector is estimated to
make up
2 - 3%
of greenhouse gas emissions,
expected to rise further if not
properly addressed.
ICT has the potential to reduce
greenhouse gases
up to 10x
its own footprint.
Shaping digital
transformation in a
climate-friendly way
Harnessing the potential
of digital technologies
to achieve climate goals
Twin Transition
Digital transformation + climate transition
Green Tech,
Green Data
Climate
Adaptation
Climate
Mitigation

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5. Implementation partners: World Bank, Digital
Development Programme
• Enhance global awareness & inspire action
 Establish a technical working group with interested DDP
partners
 Disseminate knowledge, tools, best practices and case studies
 Support regional and country level dialogue
• Create actionable knowledge:
 Iteravilely develop guidance material through needs assessment
and stakeholder consultations
 Use for lending and investment project preparation within the
WB Group
• Test and support adoption at scale
 Green data centers will be among the focus areas
 Support platforms/ partnership for scale (e. g. open-data
software platforms)
Green Digital Initiative
Objective
Reduce negative climate impact of the digital economy and
leverage its enabling role for accelerated action on climate
change adaption/ mitigation
Approach
• Synergy development among DDP (Digital
Development Programme) partners & stakeholders
• Regional and country-level policy dialogue
• Knowledge exchange
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7. Implementation partners: Lacuna Fund
(Rockefeller Foundation, Wellcome Trust etc.)
Lacuna Fund – Accessible data for local climate action
Objective
• Improve planning for and response to climate impacts
through open AI innovation
• Promote green development and better understand
climate harms on health and livelihoods
Approach
• Address gaps in climate data in partner countries
• Focus on the promising sectors of renewable energies
& agriculture/ forestry
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Key Actions
• Support the creation, aggregation, and maintenance for
training and valuation of machine learning models by and
for local communities
• Promote sharing of data, best practices, AI models:
establish a global exchange on AI innovation and climate
protection
• Potential applications:
 Open local training data from the Global South
 Earth observation data for food security (e. g.
automated crop survey for department of agriculture)
 Satellite data for climate-friendly energy supply (e. g.
identify locations for green solar-based mini grids)

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9. • Develop IT components to guide governments to mitigate
the negative impact of their digitalization Green
technologies guidance incl. green standards: Develop
guidance on using greener technologies for sustainable
government digitalization
• Capacity development: Document and share material,
include digital leaders and CIOs, integrate with atingi and
ITU Academy
• Policies and regulations guidance: Green public
procurement, Green Data Center guidelines with WB
Model country implementation : Adopt various
sustainable digital approaches, deploy green digital
services, document their impact
• Sustainable Digital Public Goods (DPG) : Support the
development and scaling up of Digital Public Goods (DPG)
that can accelerate sustainable government digitalization
Implementation partner: ITU
Approach
• Expert community-driven multi-stakeholder
effort
• Building on the initial GovStack initiative
Green GovStack
Objective
Support governments to ensure an accelerated
green transformation as a foundation for
sustainable and “green” digital government services
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11. Implementation partner:
Development Gateway, KfW, EU,
World Bank
Approach
• Develop and implement in-country use
cases (South Africa, Kosovo, Cameron)
• Support digital innovation ecosystems
• Foster the capacity of development
practitioners
Blockchain Partnership
Objective
• Improving the effectiveness, openness,
inclusion and sustainability of
development programs
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Brings trust to digital transactions and climate action
Traceability along supply chains Efficiency, lower
transaction costs and secure (e.g. traceability, real-time data)
Measuring, Reporting & Verification Effective to verify
and validate data (peer-to-peer network)
Decentralised data governance model
Transparency and Efficiency of Carbon Markets
Enhance transparency and accountability (immutable ledger)
Transformative capacities (disintermediation, digital payments)
Enable Innovation and Behavioural Change
Provides incentives for behavioural change (tokenisation)

12. Paris Agreement and blockchain
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• Information sharing &  Trust in transactions through Review
mechanisms peer-to-peer network
• Accountability  Verification & time-stamps
• Decentralised hybrid  Decentralized data system using
approach consensus
• Measuring, reporting &  Immutable data records for
Verification of emissions increased traceability and trust
• Public-private  Consensus mechanism through
partnerships public-private stakeholders
Needs of Paris
Agreement
Features of Blockchain

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14. Implementation partners: GSMA
• Mapping of the Indonesian climate-tech ecosystem:
exploring the role that digital technology is (or could be)
playing to support climate mitigation, adaptation, and
resilience
• Public-private sector dialogues, strategic partnerships, and
capacity building
• Advise for government & existing initiatives on data-driven
approaches
• Showcasing and publicising results and learnings of the hub
• Tailored support for local innovators to improve and
implement their solutions
• Drive sustainable energy access and green economic
development in rural areas
• Support and scale digital approaches on waste management
and circular economy
Mobile Innovation Hub Indonesia
Objective
Support Indonesia unlocking the potential of digital
technology to achieve sustainable, low-carbon and climate-
resilient development outcomes
Approach
Focus on:
• Sustainable energy and green economic development
• Digitalisation of waste management
• Natural resource management (NRM)
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16. 1.growth plans and drive positive
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Digital Green Innovation Accelerator Program DGIx
https://www.bmz-digital.global/en/news/digital-green-innovation-
acceleration-programme-dgix/