Telecommunication as a vehicle to mitigate the impact of climate change

  • David Ndzi (Speaker)

    Activity: Talk or presentationInvited talk

    Description

    he keynote talk examines the role of ICT and telecommunication in combating climate change. In particular, it focuses on the role of ICT in predicting environmental conditions for effective management, disaster prevention and reduction in emissions from mitigation measures. The use of wireless sensor networks and artificial intelligent systems to predict rain, rain duration, rain runoff and thus river characteristics are presented. The application of these systems in water resource management and precision agriculture are also presented.

    The work draws heavily from research on rainfall studies in the British Isle and North West continental Europe. In the tropics, the usecase is based on studies in North West Peninsular Malaysia most of which have been a collaboration with the University of Malaysia Perlis. The effective application of ICT as presented in this talk will address at least 8 of the UN Sustainable Development Goal.
    Period27 Jun 2021
    Held atIEEE CS
    Degree of RecognitionInternational

    UN SDGs

    This activity contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
      SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
    2. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
      SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
    3. SDG 13 - Climate Action
      SDG 13 Climate Action

    Keywords

    • Climate change
    • rain
    • flooding
    • agriculture