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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an important role in multiple sectors including manufacturing, power, buildings, transportation, and agriculture. It is widely used in managing energy efficiency by optimizing real-time energy demand, traffic control and motoring, digitization and automation etc. ICT’s GHG carbon footprint accounts for 2-3% of the global emissions. However, utilization of ICTs also helps in reducing carbon footprint of various processes. The direct and indirect impact of ICT on other sector have been thoroughly explored in the study using qualitative literature review with supporting data. Rebound effect that results in dampening of ICT’s GHG abatement potential has been identified to be omitted from popular studies that results in over-estimation of the GHG abatement potential as well as enablement factor. It is also noted that the lack of standard in scoping use-case scenarios in methodologies results in a significant difference margin among global GHG abatement studies. The study recommends that with standardization and inclusion of rebound effect within the methodologies for calculation of GHG abatement potential and enablement factor can help in developing realistic estimates.
Keyworks- Information and Communication Technology, GHG footprint, GHG abatement potential, enablement factor, rebound effect.
