Smart Computing Solution to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

This report examines the application of smart computing to address Australia's high carbon emissions and contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study highlights Australia's underperformance in environment-related SDGs and proposes a solution utilizing IoT sensors and mobile applications to monitor and report carbon emissions from organizations and individuals. The proposed solution involves government collaboration with mobile operators to implement these applications, enabling real-time emission tracking, carbon tax imposition, and the setting of emission limits. Furthermore, the report suggests that organizations should disclose carbon emission data in their corporate social responsibility reports, which will encourage them to invest in renewable energy sources. The overall goal is to reduce carbon emissions through smart computing practices, helping Australia meet its SDGs.

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Introduction
 The aim is to evaluate the role of smart
computing in achievement of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
 Australia is facing the issue of high carbon
emissions released by organisations and
individuals which increases pollution in the
country.
 This issue can be resolved through
implementation of smart computing and
digitally connected society.

Problem
 Effective policies are implemented by Australia
to promote healthcare, employment and
education.
 However, it is performing worse than other
advanced nations in relation to achievement of
environment-related SDGs (Thwaites and
Kestin, 2018).
 The country generate 1.3 per cent of world’s
total carbon emissions with only 0.3 per cent of
world’s population (Australian Government,
2017).

Problem
 Between 2005 and 2017, Australia reported
only 7 per cent decline in its carbon emissions
and it increased between 2016 and 2017
(SDSN, 2018).
 Around 70 per cent of its total emissions are
caused since most of its operations are coal
powered.
 Current situation makes it challenges for
Australia to achieve Goal 13 of SDGs.

Solution
 Smart computing can assist the country in
addressing its problem.
 Mobile applications can be developed by using
internet of things (IoT) sensors in order to
monitor carbon emissions of organisations and
individuals (Klopp and Petretta, 2017).
 Australian government can work with mobile
operators to develop and install these
applications on users smartphones by default.

Solution
 Organisations can also use IoT sensors and
mobile applications to monitor their carbon
emissions in real-time.
 They will be able to directly make reporting
regarding their greenhouse emissions to the
government.
 The government will be able to use this data to
identify the territories and organisations which
have the highest carbon emission rate to
implement specific policies to reduce their
greenhouse emissions (Wu et al., 2018).

Solution
 Based on the available data, the government
will be able to impose a carbon tax.
 The government will also introduce specific
limits for companies to make sure that they did
not emit greenhouse gases above a specific
limit (Kim, 2018).
 Organisations are more likely to invest in
renewable energy sources to avoid paying
carbon tax which will increase their profitability
in the long run.

Solution
 Organisations will also disclose this data in their
corporate social responsibility (CSR) report
which will increase obligation on the
management to reduce their carbon emissions
(Matisoff, Noonan and O’Brien, 2013).
 People will be able to use their smartphones to
track their carbon emissions.
 They are more likely to use public
transportations and use renewable energy
sources to avoid carbon tax.
 These actions will reduce carbon emissions in
Australia and assist it in achieving SDGs.

Conclusion
 To conclude, the issue of high rate of carbon
emissions is making it difficult for Australia to
achieve SDGs.
 This can be resolved through smart computing
practices by developing mobile applications and
IoT sensors to monitor and report the emissions
of companies.
 The government will be able to impose a carbon
tax and put a limit on emissions of parties to
achieve SDGs.

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