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How AI-powered agriculture helps farmers grapple with climate change and food security

CIO Business Intelligence

Experts predict that by 2050, up to 370 million people could face food insecurity due to these changes. Efficient irrigation strategies reduce water waste and ensure crops receive the proper moisture at the correct times. AgTech startup SupPlant is working to tackle these challenges through innovative AI-driven solutions.

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How we’re driving sustainable impact for business and society

CIO Business Intelligence

For decades, we’ve been investing in innovation, partnerships, and programs that apply our technology, scale, and talented workforce to drive human progress – all intending to have a measurable influence on some of the complex challenges important to our business, customers, the communities we serve and society at large.

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Defining a new era of exponential companies

CIO Business Intelligence

Before the popularization of DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Chat GPT, very few business executives were tasking technology leaders with accelerating AI strategies. When leaders place transformational outcomes at the center of their strategies, AI becomes a force multiplier for growth. That’s all changed.

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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

CIO Business Intelligence

But because electricity consumption was easy to gauge, there was no urgency for measuring current and low voltage power flows. That changed in 2017 when Swiss voters approved an energy act that would reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels by 2050. Without real-time power measurements, estimated power values were being used.

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How the C-Suite Can Champion Sustainability Across the Enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, more than 3,200 companies have set science-based carbon targets , and thousands of companies from around the world are pledging to reach net-zero emissions by either 2040 or 2050. It’s imperative that sustainability teams, tech experts and executives come together to make the authentic, impactful progress we need to make.

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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

IBM Big Data Hub

These proactive measures are made possible by evolving technologies designed to help people adapt to the effects of climate change today. 5 The Global Disaster Preparedness Center recommends policymakers and others adopt a range of measures to help their regions adapt to higher heat. feet) by 2050 and by 1.01 millimeters (0.1

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Why CIOs must lead the charge on ESG – and why enterprise architecture is the key

CIO Business Intelligence

E-waste will double to 120 Mts by 2050. Capgemini’s Sustainable IT report reveals that only 18% of 1,000 large organizations have a comprehensive IT sustainability strategy with clear goals and timelines. E-waste was 57 Mts (megatons) or 1 million metric tons in 2021, heavier than the entire Great Wall of China. Material value is $62.5