Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 6:59 amPress Release: World Digital Foundation

Deploying billions of highly accurate and securenanosensors interconnected to a global Digital Twin networkcan enable real-time monitorisation of emissions withinurban and agricultural environments.

Nanosensors andDigital Twins are forecast to be pivotal to discussionsbetween international nations and bodies at COP26 inGlasgow, the UK, from October 31st until November 12th andpredicted to have a significant impact on the future ofcarbon tracking.

This technology collaboration willenable global organisations to reward organisations andpeople globally for tracking and managing emissions toreverse Climate Change while holding to account countriesand industries that don't.

Sensors can be positionedin every urban and rural space, including major rainforestsand polluting cities, allowing global carbon emissiontracking with unprecedented real-timeaccuracy.

Digital Twin technology will calculate thecarbon emission data gathered by nanosensors, providing aglobally sharable, highly accurate representation of howcountries, companies, households, and individuals manageemissions in a way that supports the creation of a circulareconomy - a key sustainability strategy for the world aswell as industry leaders to fight climate change.

Thisparticular model for a circular economy is still evolving interms of data and metrics, but indicators suggest thisapproach and enabling technologies such as Nanotechnology,and Digital Twins are vital to holding people to accountwhile rewarding industry, governments, and the public fortheir work in driving down carbon emissions tonet-zero.

Former Brazilian ambassador and diplomat anda Harvard scholar, Arnildo Schildt, has been developing aproject based on this new model and will be presenting thisat the COP26 summit in Glasgow, UK (October 31st to November12th) an event being billed as a catalyst for action andtech adoption in the Climate Change battle.

Thisproject will use nanosensors to track deforestation andpollution to help accurately manage carbon credits andoffsets, enabling the reduction of emissions and highlyaccurate tracking of data on deforestation.

Schildtsaid: "We have been working tirelessly now for two yearsdeveloping a model with governments, the UN, internationalbanks, academics and industry partners as well as investorsto harness the power of Digital Twin and nanosensortechnology to solve two massive challenges for ourenvironment simultaneously.

"We have a delegationgoing to COP26 and will follow this with other partnershipmeetings in the UK, Canada and the US straight after theGlasgow event to make this a reality."

Schildt'sinitiative in vital rural areas mirrors the urban andagricultural work conducted by US-based Cityzenith, whichuses Digital Twin technology to decarbonise the builtenvironment, tracking, managing, and reducing emissions inbuildings across metropolitan areas and major internationalcities as well as linking this to carbon rewards, credits,and other global incentive programs forsustainability.

Cityzenith was referenced by anindependent global research group report from ABI researchon the 28th of October, naming the company one of three,including The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Vodafone, thatcan deliver the infrastructure required for a functionalcircular economy.

Currently, cities generate 70% ofworld emissions. Cityzeniths international CleanCities Clean Future initiative has major worldcities joining the program, using its Digital Twin platformSmartWorldOS to reduce carbon emissions in buildings by50-100%, operating costs by 35% and increase productivity by20%, another independent report by Ernstand Young report on Digital Twins aligns withthis.

Las Vegas and New York were the first two citiesto sign up, with projects in Phoenix and others expected tofollow over the next few months.

Cityzenith CEOMichael Jansen said: "We are confident that the Clean Cities Clean Future initiative will demonstrate the combinedpower of Digital Twin and IoT technology to transformmobility, walkability, and emissions/air pollution, whilelinking all of this to carbon rewards and other carbonrelated incentives via one interconnected Digital Twinplatform.

"And COP26 can play a huge role in bringingthe climate crisis into the public spotlight, byacknowledging and backing technologies such as Digital Twinsand nanotechnology to make a difference in the fight toprotect the planet."

The UK will also bring a nationalDigital Twin program to the summit through Anglian Water,BT, and UK Power Networks, which have partnered to fosterbetter outcomes for the built environment.

The projectaims to deliver an Information Management Framework whichcan ensure secure, resilient data sharing and effectiveinformation management. At the same time, the programidentifies a range of benefits to society, business, theenvironment, and the broader economy.

Co-Founder ofthe World Nano Foundation, Paul Sheedy,said:

"Nanotechnologies such as nanosensors andquantum dots can track and monitor anything, holding andtransmitting infinite amounts of secure data around theworld.

"Combining nanotechnology with advanced DigitalTwin platforms is game-changing for the UNs SustainableDevelopment Goals and ESG investors that support such impactinvesting."

Nanotechnology and Digital Twins were bothnamed in 2021 as the top5 tech growth sectors forecast to quadruple over thenext five years; each sector is predicted to enjoy acombined growth of more than 400% in thattime.

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