The United Nations (UN) has credited the mobile sector for achieving a critical breakthrough towards its mission of combating climate change, as operators representing more than a third of the industry by revenue pledged to deliver net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. GSMA Director-General, Mats Granryd, noted the proportion of the mobile industry committed to the UN goals stood at 20 per cent in January, stating this was a key tipping point towards accelerating the sectors’ commitment. x“As an industry, we are serious about our ambition to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. In a report, the GSMA stated 36 per cent of mobile operators by revenue (31 per cent by mobile connections) had committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 or earlier, placing the industry “at the highest levels of private sector ambition”. The research, conducted with the Carbon Trust, found the industry was responsible for around 0.4 per cent of carbon emissions globally, but also contributed to reduction targets in other sectors.

Source: The Guardian April 21, 2021 04:37 UTC