GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can empower developing countries to lead the global climate action narrative. Discuss with suitable examples.

Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024–2025

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.

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The toppers’ answers

Sandeep BadadAIR 82 · CSE 2025 · 160 wordsTheir whole copy

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Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) refers to stack of public ICT systems that enable digital governance. Role in empowering developing countries to lead global climate action

India introduced DPI in G20 2023 meet as a solution to inclusive and sustainable development

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Role in empowering developing countries to lead global climate action

India introduced DPI in G20 2023 meet as a solution to inclusive and sustainable development

(1) Data driven governance → efficient and transparent

② Efficient resource utilisation → Better finance management system ③ Better targeting of welfare scheme → Aadhaar enabled payment (DBT) ④ UPI system → paperles transaction → swift, efficient, clean ⑤ DPI can help create a global climate database, carbon database, trades etc ⑥ Sustainable goals like SDG 1, 2, 3 can be fasttracked ⑦ DPI is built on renewable energy model - Sustainable ⑧ It enables implementation of Loss and damage mechanism (9) It enables to assess NDC and GHG emissions for proportionate actions → [differential responsibility]

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Thus must be promoted to usher the [Paris goals] to realize 1.5°C target to leave this earth a better place to next future generations

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