IBM has announced the addition of five new members to its global pro bono environmental program for non-profits, the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, which applies IBM technologies, such as hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence, and offers a team of experts to develop clean energy and technology projects to help populations particularly vulnerable to environmental threats including climate change, extreme weather and pollution.
The combined impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions to global supply chains, the energy insecurity caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the diversion of public resources to keep food and fuel prices affordable together have hindered the pace of progress toward the SDG 7 goals, according to the International Energy Agency. The poorer a nation or a community are, the more vulnerable they are to natural disasters and climate change. According…