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a very good morning to everybody both in the room and those joining us online Today

we are

at

the launch of the global launch of one of

Sad's most important flagship reports which comes out every two years.

The Digital Economy report 2024

to present the key findings of the report and the recommendations from

Ted. We join

by Secretary General Rebecca Greenspan,

Secretary General of UN Trade and Development

and Shami

Kirman,

director of the Division on Technology and Logistics,

who have co ordinated the research and production of this flagship report.

We will first give the floor

to the Secretary General, then to the director and then take questions from

the floor both from media present in the

room and those accredited and connected online.

We remind all that the report is embargoed until midday today Geneva time,

from which time all information in the report itself will be available on

On's website at.org

So, Secretary General, the floor is yours. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

A amalia.

Uh so like Amalia said, we are presenting here today

One of an

a key reports the digital economy report 2024

this year.

The report explores the link between

the global digital economy and the environment

and what this means for development.

Our message is clear.

The digital economy is driving

global growth,

but it is also having an increasing environmental impact that has to be considered.

Our key concern

is how this affects our environment and how it affects developing countries.

Developing countries, as we know,

are disproportionately suffering from the impact of climate change.

So

they are

on the one hand,

not at the forefront of reaping the benefits of the global digital economy.

But on the other hand, they are disproportionately affected,

so the disparity can and must be reversed.

Let me be clear.

Digitalization is welcome and necessary

and unnecessary driver of global economic growth.

However, it must be inclusive and sustainable.

As rapid digitalization escalates environmental concerns.

We can offer a positive outlook based on opportunities because we need

the digital economy to catalyse growth and generate opportunities for all.

That is why we put forward in this report

not only an analysis but a strong section on the

recommendations of how we can manage the impact of

digital economy on the environment and on climate change.

So let me first consider the impact of the digital economy on climate change.

In 2020

the digital economy emissions

accounted for 1.5 to 3.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions

between 1.5 and 3.2% of global greenhouse emissions,

similar

to air transport or shipping. So it's very important.

Let's analyse this more closely.

In 2022

data centres consume

460 terawatts hours

of electricity.

This could power about

42 million US homes for a year.

This figure is expected to double by 2026.

The rise of technologies such as artificial intelligence

and Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency mining

has significantly increased energy consumption.

For example,

Bitcoin mining energy consumption

rose 34 fold

between 2015

and 2023

reaching around

121 terawatt hours.

What does it mean 121 terawatt hours?

For comparison,

countries like Belgium

or Finland consume under 90 terawatts hour,

so only

the energy consumption of Bitcoin mining is more

of what Belgium or Finland consumes

per year.

So we can see that this is something that we cannot consider marginal

in terms of the impact or the need for renewable energy investments

to be able to counteract

the climate change impact that this has

second important

sector of concern.

Digital waste

digital related waste increased by 30%

between 2010 and 2

2022

reaching 10.5 million tonnes globally

of digital waste

and digital ways, management

remains inadequate.

This is a huge concern given the pollution

this generates and its impact on the environment.

Third,

the use of critical minerals.

Today,

developing countries are key producers of critical

minerals essential for the digital economy.

Also, for the energy transition,

they hold the key to the growth of the digital economy. We are witnessing

a 500% surge in demand for minerals crucial for digitalization

is estimated or predicted to be by 2050. So we are expecting a

500% search

in the use of minerals for digitalization by 2050

and this is driven by consumer electronics,

electric vehicle batteries

and renewable energy storage.

This is a development opportunity for resource rich developing countries.

However,

this can only be realised if these countries can add value to extracted minerals,

utilise proceeds effectively

and diversify within the Value chain and other sectors.

This ambition requires a strategic shift

towards sustainable

and inclusive digitalization.

This means reducing waste and environmental impact

and improving the efficiency of raw material use

fourth concern

Water consumption

here Let me mention some examples to illustrate

the impact of the digital economy on water consumption

in the United States,

1/5 of the direct water footprint of data centre servers

reportedly comes from moderately to highly water stressed watersheds.

Google

Google disclosed that in 2022

total water consumption

at its data centres and offices amounted to 5.6 billion gallons

about 21.2 million

cubic metres

for the same year.

Microsoft reported that its water consumption was

6.4 million cubic metres,

so water consumption by data centres has recently

stopped tensions within local communities In several countries.

For example,

Google planned to build a data centre in Uruguay

which led to public debate.

In 2023 Uruguay experienced the worst drought in 7 to 4 years and more

than half of its 3.5 million citizens were without access to potable tap water.

So here the tensions in the use of water when you have water stress or drought.

Uh, also because of climate change.

Also add tensions in terms of how to manage

water. Use

Microsoft training of GPT three

in its data centres in the United States

directly consume

an estimate

of 700,000 litres of clean fresh water only for training

they're GP T three.

So what are the policy recommendations?

With regards to the environmental impact of the digital economy,

we must integrate environmental and digital policies,

embracing a circular economy,

prioritising the recycling,

reuse and recovery of digital materials

and implementing resource optimisation strategies,

including

the life

of the

electronics that we use

that are

being discharged

beforehand.

And we need global commitment to adopt these practises.

So again,

circular economy has to be considered seriously when we talk about digitalization

and environment.

Today, an

A calls for stronger environmental regulations

and investments in renewable energy to mitigate

the ecological footprint of digital technologies.

Closer international Cooper operation is critical

to ensure equitable access to digital technologies

and address the global nature of digital waste

and resource extraction.

So

the increased demand for critical minerals presents an opportunity

for resource rich developing countries to add more value

to extracted minerals, diversify their economy and enhance their development.

But

technology has to be transferred

and has to be more efficient.

For this to be able to be compatible

with the environment and climate change objectives.

The digital economy is central to global growth and development opportunities.

So we need to implement

the practises that will,

uh, uh, take us to a win win space

and not to do this

against

our also important objectives or environmental sustainability.

And,

uh, our commitments to climate change.

So let me thank the team, Shamika. Thank you.

And the digital economy team. Thank you.

Uh uh uh, Tobon,

uh, for a very good report. And I hope

that it can drive,

inform

policies and inform

uh

uh uh

uh commitments,

uh, to be able

to drive growth

in digitalization

that will be more inclusive and more sustainable. Thank you.

Thank you. Secretary General,

we now give the floor to Shanika

Saman,

director of the Division of Technology and Logistics who have produced

the digital economy. Report 2024. Director of the floor is yours.

Thank you so much,

Amalia

ST. Let me tell you it's a difficult act to follow after you. But let me try.

So let me bring four messages or four points from the report.

First one

digitalization is happening at a fast and furious pace.

The number of Internet users went up from

1 billion in 2005

to 5.4 billion in 2023. Last year,

I take digital trade

at UN Trade and Development. We estimated

that the total value of E commerce sales went up from

$17 trillion in 2016

to 27

trillion in 2022. This is a massive jump.

You don't see these kind of jumps in trade data,

and this is even an underestimation

because we have data for a very limited number of countries.

Now, between 2010 and 2023 shipments of smart phones more than doubled

from 2001 to 2022. The number of Semicon

semiconductor units

sold quadruple,

so the list goes on

and this is just the beginning

and the second point.

Digital technologies can help to address environmental challenges,

but they also leave massive environmental footprint,

so we need to figure out the balance.

The good side is often talked, talked about. We talk a lot about

digital technologies, can reduce paper use and improve energy efficiency.

And they can help cut greenhouse gas emissions in transport in construction,

agriculture and energy sectors.

You know, we do

this talk a lot,

but the downside is not talked about as much.

Many feel

that digitalization and the digital economy are happening

in the void.

You know that it is virtual,

it is intangible

and it is in the cloud.

So I want to say to the contrary, digitalization is highly materialistic.

I mean,

one of the numbers that we have in our

in our report is that making a two kilogramme computer

involves extracting

800 kilogrammes of raw materials.

I think ST you mentioned data centres consume massive amounts of energy and water.

Just last week, I think Google also announced that it is greenhouse gas emissions

over the past five years have gone up by 48%

and this is for running data centres that power their air products.

So the E

waste is another big one. S Su had the numbers for the eve.

So the third point

addressing environmental footprints of digitalization is urgent.

Collectively, we need to act now before it is too late.

I am

thinking of, for example, the climate related disasters.

You know they are all upon us and it's bit late,

so effective global governance is urgently needed.

This is a key message of the report.

There is no global framework to galvanise collective action,

to facilitate knowledge sharing among countries to set global standards

and to encourage transparent reporting and monitoring

of environmental sustainability of digitalization.

Let me just give two examples.

You know, we need better data

on the environmental impacts on the digitalization

on the use of metals and minerals, energy, water,

greenhouse gas emissions and also on E

waste.

There is a total

lack of timely and comparable data

and hardly any harmonised reporting standards.

It's difficult

to make a compelling case for policy reforms and also to hold

big tech responsible if we do not have solid facts and evidence.

The second example.

We need a

dialogue between digital and environmental policy Communities ST.

This is something that you just mentioned

at national level and also at international level.

Now,

international processes related to global environmental challenges

need to pay a lot more attention

to the role of digitalization.

I am here referring to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,

the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Uncle

and the Related Cops need to pay a lot more attention in these platforms

for the digitalization issues

and the fourth point, the last point. I think S

started with this point, So I want to end. So we have a connection.

We connect all the dots.

Let me echo what ST said.

At the very beginning,

you see,

most developing countries have seen very little benefits of digitalization,

but they showed

much of its negative environmental impacts. This has to stop.

One third of the world's population does not even have access to the Internet.

Digitalization brings zero benefits for them.

LDCs hardly benefit from E-commerce that I mentioned earlier the numbers.

Many developing countries are providers of

critical raw materials for digitalization,

but do not have the ability

to move on to high value added processing and end products.

And most developing countries are also the destination for significant

digital waste,

and low income countries also tend to be more affected by climate change.

And we know this

and they lack the capacity to use digital technologies

for reducing negative environmental impacts.

You know, for example,

digitalization is critical for developing early warning systems

and so forth they don't have the green agriculture.

They don't have the digital capabilities to address the environmental issues.

So

let me say, as Rsg

said, digitalization is critical for global growth.

Achieving more sustainable and inclusive

development from digitalization will require a

reversal of the status quo where the developing countries

have very little benefits so far from digitalization,

but much of its environmental impacts,

they have to shoulder.

This has to reverse. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Director, We now

go to the floor.

Journalists can now raise questions both in the

room first and those that are online.

So please identify yourself so that both the

secretary general and the director are aware.

Please, go ahead.

What do you think the impact of a I is going to be. It's a growing field

and it takes up ever more server power and electricity.

What's the impact of a I going to be?

Shall we take another question If there are any online?

Yeah, and then we can

go right ahead.

I don't see any for the moment online so

we can go with

the question from

AFP.

Thank you.

Yeah, A I is, uh, an incredible, intense, intense, uh, consumer

of, uh, energy and training the models

is incredibly,

uh, electricity consuming.

Uh, the numbers I think that we gave are

very, uh, very telling.

Uh, first, uh, uh, on electricity.

Uh, the the numbers we gave Let me look at them. And

maybe to

you can,

you know, add, uh, to that

is that

artificial intelligence and Cryptocurrency mining

are the two things that we saw.

Uh uh, more, uh, closely and in artificial intelligence. Toor

or or, uh, Shamika. We had also because I gave the number on,

um on Cryptocurrency, but in a I we had also,

uh, some of the numbers. I think that they were also in our press release.

Do you have the name Tobon?

Can you come here and give us some of the,

uh,

illustration?

Like what you said before?

but the data centres are not the same as the A. I training

to

the you.

Thank you very much.

And thanks for the question.

Well, you know, to start with no one knows exactly.

There is not one number on the impact of a I

but what has been highlighted in the report is that

especially the generative of a I processes have really added

energy consumption because it is so compute intensive.

And what has been highlighted also are some

examples of the impact of training of various

large scale language models.

But what is being seen now? Also, if you take the example of

for example,

you can see that

the focus has so far been made on the training

because every individual request to

may not be very energy intensive,

but

the fact that you see the global nature of the use of these kind of tools at scale.

So it's expected that the inference the use of these tools will

become the big user of energy as a result of the scale,

there is a lot to be seen.

We don't know precisely how this will evolve,

and there are no perfect data being collected yet.

So this is one of the messages also the report that we

simply have to get a better evidence base To look at this,

we need to require the big corporations that are involved

in this to report more on these kind of developments

and with to monitor how much they can improve the energy efficiency of the various A.

I tools.

So it's an early assessment.

We provide various detailed examples from separate companies, but there is.

The information that exists is basically basically on the data centres,

which includes information on a I and Bitcoin mining, et cetera, et cetera.

Can just to add to what

Toby

was saying, say, for example, if I go to Chad GPT

to do a search of literature or find some information on something,

it's much more energy consuming than if I just go and Google,

you know the search word.

So it's that level of how we use

the A. I is also adding

to the enormous amount of burden to the energy.

Now. I think these numbers that we saw from Google last week they issued some numbers

that for example, they said,

the greenhouse gas emissions over the past five years have gone up by 48%

and this was for running data centres that power their A I products.

So, as Tobian says, the problem we have in this whole

gamut of things. We simply don't have standardised data.

There's no definition for this. There's no collection of data.

There is no way of monitoring

what's going on. And that's pretty scary.

Uh,

it will be very good if, uh, some,

uh, responsibility on producing the data will go to all the big five. Yes,

because we have only sketchy,

uh, data, uh, was sent said by by to

and by Shamika.

But also not everybody is reporting.

Not not all the big ones are reporting. It will be good

to have a standardised and reporting responsibility.

Thank you very much. We now take questions online.

I see Jeremy Lynch from Radio France. Please go ahead. And then colleague Margo

Gio from

a

So please go ahead from those joining us online. Jeremy. Lunch Radio France first.

Yes. Thank you.

Um, I'd like to go back to, uh, to a I and and what you just said, I think, uh,

if I got this right is that, uh you said that, um, chat G BT um uh, required, like,

700,000 leaders

just to to train the A. I I'd like to

to make sure that I get the the the figures. Right?

And, um but can you explain again, uh, in the end, like, um,

like

a I And the digitalization of the economy requires a lot of energy,

a lot of water to cool down the data centre. So what is the alternative here?

Uh, because we know that the the the numbers you gave like,

the emission will will will rise in the next, uh, in in in the coming years.

So what are the alternative

to cool down the the the the data centres? Um, yeah.

Can you give us AAA couple of insights? Thank you.

Thank you.

Let me let me, uh, give some general answers and let's ask the experts to go deeper. It

first. Of all,

the data, the the number that I gave is that the Microsoft training of GP T three

in its data centres in the United States directly

consume an estimate of 700,000 litres of clean,

fresh water.

So the first thing that you

uh uh uh think about this is

let's not put the data centres where we have

a stress on water.

You know, if you put you know, the data centre there is a geographical location,

uh, to the data centres that will have to be considered because if you go

to the parts that are already water stressed.

So the tension between different consumptions and

the tension also with local communities will rise

and you will have to decide what is it,

uh, that you want the water for which consumption.

So let's have that in mind

when we talk about the location

of the data centres or the production production that will need a lot of water.

Second, obviously,

you know, like always,

research and development for the new technologies will have to be, you know,

more investment on research and technology for technologies that will be

more efficient in terms of what are used will be important,

because maybe that is not a factor that has

been considered in the development of the technologies.

And so we will have to put much more research

and resources in trying to look for technologies that will,

uh, uh, reduce the impact on the environment.

And obviously, obviously, thirdly, we need to go for renewable energy for the,

uh, digitalization process, because we know that is very energy intensive. So

we have to go for a a much more renewables. Now,

let me say

also that it has to be in addition

to the investment in renewables that we already have to

do for the consumption of the population at large.

Because if not,

if we will draw from the same pile for renewable energy and energy access

in all the energy poor people of the world or all

the people of the world that has to make anyway,

the transfer from F,

uh, fossil fuels to energy.

So somebody will

be suffering.

You know, we

cannot have this,

uh uh uh, get

to a budget restriction of investment in energy. So we have to consider that.

So obviously, many of the companies I have to say have a

AAA commit

to renewable energy use,

and that is a good thing is a good step forward.

But what we say only is that it has to be additional investment

for this purpose so it won't enter into,

um, a trade off with the other uses uses of energy,

renewable energy that are consistent with the commitments of the countries for,

uh uh Paris 15.

Yes.

So I don't know. Shamika

and

Thorn if you want to add here,

let me just add a couple of things.

I think this is why again, we have to go back to data.

You see,

we simply don't have data.

We simply don't have a monitoring systems of Of what's going on.

We don't have standards.

Uh, for for you know, we don't have harmonised reporting standards. We don't have

to collect

a timely and comparable data.

So these things need to be addressed because unless we know what's going on,

it's just we are just

They are all anecdotal stories that we tell

number two. I don't think we can.

You know, a I These are very, very powerful technologies, and they have immense.

They can have, they can have or they can have immense

impact on development.

They can, you know,

help developing countries to improve the education system, the health systems,

early warning systems.

And there is no end to the use of this technology for development.

But at the moment, they are not

going to developing countries

to uplift the populations. So there is that angle. Also, we need to

we need to address

a I For what?

You know. A I is just for search engines A I for marketing a I to sell me a t-shirt

or a I for development.

So there are many dimensions that we need to, you know, start a discussion.

This hasn't happened yet, but

before it is too late.

We need to embark on this

conversation at international fora.

You know, the UN is the best place because this is the most inclusive

a place where all developing countries

have a say at the table.

Thank you.

Thank you very much just to add a few more points.

I think when we look at the impact on these

big data centres which is often influenced by a I,

it's important to understand that they can have very

local impacts if you take the case of Ireland,

for instance,

the data centres in Ireland now according to the government's regulator,

account for about 18% of the country's total electricity consumption,

and this is expected to rise to 28% in a few years from now.

So for individual places,

it has created stress not only on water but also on electricity,

then in order to really, as was stressed here also by

Shamik

in order to understand the full impact

on the environment by artificial intelligence.

We are highlighting here the direct environmental footprint.

But of course how we use the A.

I will have great implications which can be both positive and negative,

because it may change the way we operate in various

sectors that can sometimes lead to less environmental stress.

But it can also add to more if we are changing the behaviour of

what we do.

So it's this is

a and measuring the direct footprint is challenging.

Measuring the indirect effects is even more challenging.

So we simply need to put more

emphasis on understanding these implications.

Before we design all the rules and regulations for a I.

This environmental link needs to be there. Also,

as we discuss all the other dimensions of the development implications of a I

nice,

uh, I,

I think that in the in the press release, we we try, We try to

send, uh, you know,

a strong recommendations, like in the form of tweets.

Yes, because there are a lot of things that we can do

to really

take the opportunity that digitalization

brings to development.

But at the same time, manage the impact that it has in the environment. And we say

five things.

Adopting circular economy models,

implementing resource optimisation,

strengthening regulations,

investing in renewable energy and promoting international cooper operation.

So

this is a menu

that is in our reach

is not

rocket science.

Yes, we can do it.

And I think that that is also the message of this report. We can do it.

We can do it better and at the same time harness digitalization for development.

Thank you very much, Secretary General. And for those online

your patient, there's one final question. I would just like to say that

the answer for those covering this press

conference previously has been provided by our colleague

Torbjorn

Fredriksson.

He's the head of E commerce and the digital economy branch

of the Division of Technology just for journalists covering this event.

Now we go to a final question that is

online from I believe

Mark

oil

from

a

please go ahead.

Yes, Thank you.

Um So I was wondering how is the environmental impact

of the extractive mining sector related to digitalization quantified,

for instance, on air and water

and also as regard, um, deforestation.

Aside from Brazil, and global debt data.

There are no specific figures illustrating the

extent of these damages for instance,

like in DRC or Zimbabwe.

So why is there no data communicated for these regions?

Thank you,

thank you.

That's a very good question. And

in fact, we are highlighting in the report that

the minerals and metals that are being used

for developing and rolling out our digital technologies

are very much similar to the ones that are needed

for the low carbon transition for the energy transition.

And in fact, there is very little data available again.

We point to the lack of data here

on the specific impact of digitalization.

But we are emphasising that what we are seeing in terms of the low carbon transition

and digital transition

is reinforcing each other because we cannot go to

the low carbon economy without relying heavily on digitalization

and at the same time, for digitalization we are using,

we need it to be as

sustainable as possible. That means that we need to charge the digital

activities increasingly with low carbon energy, so it's really reinforcing it

and we are highlighting in the report a number of issues that can

arise as a result of this kind of mining activities that are taking place

mining and processing activities.

But we don't have any specific numbers on precisely

how much the digital mining related activities account for.

But we are highlighting that these are additional

areas that we need to pay attention to.

And of course, a lot of it is related to ensuring that

mining of these kind of minerals, like other minerals,

have to be done in as a sustainable way as possible,

taking into account both the environmental dimensions that you

highlighted and also the social implications and health aspects.

Let me add a bit, I think. I think what you hear from this conversation is that the

need for creating standards need for creating data

need for collecting statistics need for reporting.

You see, in our report we looked at the whole life cycle

of the digital,

so we start with the production

and the use and the waste.

So the production phase

is the the mining, and it is the processing,

uh, of the minerals and metals and it is the the final production,

and we find that that production phase

exerts

the greatest negative environmental impact

and

why it is because

of mineral and metal production.

You know,

the volume of greenhouse gas emissions generated and water related impact. So

all that

is happening at the very beginning phase

and just want to tell you that a number that I gave you before,

you know,

you know, digitalization relies heavily on the physical

world and raw materials. You know, digital is not happening in the void.

For example, making a two kilogramme computer can involve extracting

800 kilogrammes of raw material. So that's the extent

of the of the raw materials is being used.

Let me let me make a comment on this. First of all,

you know,

the recommendations that we put together,

and I think that the the last question is a very a very good one.

Really.

The recommendations cannot be,

uh, each of them,

uh, seen in isolation. Because

if we have a circular economy, if there are standards, for example,

for the life duration of the electronics that,

uh, many say

have intentionally be,

uh, have have intentionally done shorter than necessary.

You know,

the cir So the circular economy and the E waste management are very important.

Also for the mining side of this because we can be overproducing,

you know,

the minerals and having a higher impact

on the environment precisely because there is

no circular economy in place and because

the patterns of consumption are not changing.

And so I think that we have to see this as

a package because if we don't act on the consumption side,

we will continue to have a higher impact in the pro,

uh, production side

in the production side. Uh,

new technologies can be much better in terms of extractive for the environment,

and those technologies have to be transferred to where the production is done.

And

I think that we have to differentiate. And I have to, uh, to say this between the big

extracting mining activities and the small ones,

we have to deal with both problems.

Yes,

Multinational corporations and big corporations are a big part of the extracting.

And they have more capacity for technology, for investment,

for research and development

and for caring for the environment

in the small producers. Yes, that also have an effect on the environment.

There is other, uh, um uh,

policies that have to be in place to help communities to change.

Uh um,

uh,

their source of income and also to be more

responsible with respect to the extraction activities that they,

uh, carry on. But we have also to,

uh,

make a more granular analysis of the sector and to

see which are the actors in the extracting part.

And my last point,

uh, with respect to Africa is that, uh, I really think

that being Africa

and Latin America, the South of Latin America,

big reserves of the critical minerals that are necessary for both like, uh, Tonne

said,

you know, for

the energy transition and for digitalization,

the most important thing is that they want they will be able to reap the benefits

of, uh, these reserves because to go

again

through the path of commodity dependence, we know what

we know.

It doesn't bring, you know,

the sustainable development that we want for these countries.

So adding value,

uh, taking advantage for the diversification

of

of the economies to produce better jobs and

and the more value added for, uh, their populations is a mass

in this new,

uh, revolution in terms of the energy transition and

and digitalization. So,

uh, I think that we need to think about this, uh, in in a more

coherent and,

uh, integral way in terms of the recommendations,

let me just finish if you if you will allow me to

to say again, what? As he said at the beginning,

digitalization

is a welcome and necessary driver of global economic growth.

But we need to do it in an inclusive and sustainable way.

As rapid digitalization

escalate. Environmental concerns is now more urgent than ever

to have the right policies in place.

So we can close the gaps.

We can widen the opportunities and we can

manage properly the impact on the environment.

Thank you.

Can I just say that if you look at the overview of our report, the executive summary

there, if you go to the page 2021 22

there is a very easy table where we give policy recommendations

for all the lifestyle

called the production,

the use and the end of life and all phases.

And we look at the policy options for national level,

regional level and international level that would give you a lot of

like material of the

ground realities and the policies that are needed.

Thank you.

Thank you very much. With this, we close the

press conference just

to underline that speakers are available for

interviews and for any further insights,

we direct you to the Web.org.

There is

The report will be online.

All the data is available and again we underline We are The

speakers are available for interviews and for engaging with media from now.

Thank you very much.

UN Trade and Development Press Conference: Sustainable Digital Economy - 10 July 2024