As stated by the UN, Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and requires nations to take action and cooperate according to a universal demand for responsible production practices. Another defining issue of our time is the big data era we are living in. These are two matter of fact situations that would be at the basis of this dissertation, which will illustrate how big data could play an essential role in developing strategies to mitigate climate change. A focus will be made on smart meters and companies which were able to implement new technologies to espouse the climate change cause. However, data collection mostly entails privacy concerns, creating a permanent struggle between the need to enhance technologic innovation and protect privacy as a fundamental human right. Methods and approaches to guarantee that consumers’ privacy is respected in smart grids will be analysed. Moreover, we will underline the need for policymakers to understand both the potential environmental benefits offered by access to personal environmental information and their associated privacy costs, finding out new ways and reforms through which these two apparently contrasting realities could meet.

As stated by the UN, Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and requires nations to take action and cooperate according to a universal demand for responsible production practices. Another defining issue of our time is the big data era we are living in. These are two matter of fact situations that would be at the basis of this dissertation, which will illustrate how big data could play an essential role in developing strategies to mitigate climate change. A focus will be made on smart meters and companies which were able to implement new technologies to espouse the climate change cause. However, data collection mostly entails privacy concerns, creating a permanent struggle between the need to enhance technologic innovation and protect privacy as a fundamental human right. Methods and approaches to guarantee that consumers’ privacy is respected in smart grids will be analysed. Moreover, we will underline the need for policymakers to understand both the potential environmental benefits offered by access to personal environmental information and their associated privacy costs, finding out new ways and reforms through which these two apparently contrasting realities could meet.

The role of digital technologies on climate protection: privacy costs and trade-offs

ZANETTI, ELENA
2021/2022

Abstract

As stated by the UN, Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and requires nations to take action and cooperate according to a universal demand for responsible production practices. Another defining issue of our time is the big data era we are living in. These are two matter of fact situations that would be at the basis of this dissertation, which will illustrate how big data could play an essential role in developing strategies to mitigate climate change. A focus will be made on smart meters and companies which were able to implement new technologies to espouse the climate change cause. However, data collection mostly entails privacy concerns, creating a permanent struggle between the need to enhance technologic innovation and protect privacy as a fundamental human right. Methods and approaches to guarantee that consumers’ privacy is respected in smart grids will be analysed. Moreover, we will underline the need for policymakers to understand both the potential environmental benefits offered by access to personal environmental information and their associated privacy costs, finding out new ways and reforms through which these two apparently contrasting realities could meet.
2021
The role of digital technologies on climate protection: privacy costs and trade-offs
As stated by the UN, Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and requires nations to take action and cooperate according to a universal demand for responsible production practices. Another defining issue of our time is the big data era we are living in. These are two matter of fact situations that would be at the basis of this dissertation, which will illustrate how big data could play an essential role in developing strategies to mitigate climate change. A focus will be made on smart meters and companies which were able to implement new technologies to espouse the climate change cause. However, data collection mostly entails privacy concerns, creating a permanent struggle between the need to enhance technologic innovation and protect privacy as a fundamental human right. Methods and approaches to guarantee that consumers’ privacy is respected in smart grids will be analysed. Moreover, we will underline the need for policymakers to understand both the potential environmental benefits offered by access to personal environmental information and their associated privacy costs, finding out new ways and reforms through which these two apparently contrasting realities could meet.
smart grids
privacy
climate action
big data
smart meters
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