The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability

A Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age

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The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability

A Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age

Learn more and join us

We are on a mission to foster the global movement for digital environmental sustainability.

Climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss threaten our planet’s capacity to sustain us. Business as usual is no longer a choice we can afford. Digital technologies and capabilities, harnessed with care, can facilitate the speed and scale of change needed to reach critical sustainability goals. The vitality of our communities and environment depends on it.

Align

Align digital advancement with sustainable development.

Mitigate

Reduce the negative impacts of digitalization

Accelerate

Redirect digital innovation to accelerate sustainable development.

Our work catalyzes three “shifts” toward digital sustainability.

CODES is a global hub for policymakers, academics, technology companies, and NGOs to lead and contribute to digital sustainability initiatives.
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View and download our Action Plan
We are currently working towards nine critical initiatives globally. Each of these initiatives accelerates one of our three digital sustainability goals: Align, Mitigate, and Accelerate.

How we work

CODES is a global hub—for policymakers, academics, tech leaders, NGOs, and beyond—to lead and contribute to digital sustainability initiatives.

Align

Align the global practice and discourse around digital advancement and sustainable development.

Mitigate

Reduce the negative impacts of digital advancement

Accelerate

Redirect digital innovation to accelerate sustainable development.
Learn more
View and download our Action Plan
We are currently working towards nine critical initiatives globally. Each of these initiatives accelerates one of our three digital sustainability goals: Align, Mitigate, and Accelerate.

About Codes

Founded in 2021, CODES is a global, multi-stakeholder coalition. 
We provide resources and opportunities for our global contributors to set priorities, take concerted action, and develop capacities for an inclusive, sustainability-driven digital transformation. Mandated by the UN Secretary-General, CODES is dedicated to advancing environmental digital sustainability, working closely in collaboration with the UN Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology.
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