Digital Transformation in SSP

This research paper assesses global digital transformation trends and integrates them into the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) framework to analyze impacts on energy, emissions, and climate targets.

• The study utilizes statistical models calibrated with historical data from 62 countries across 12 world regions to project digital transformation within the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), aiming to enhance the contextual detail of this framework used in global climate research.
• Projections indicate that some scenarios may result in a persistent digital divide, where as much as 45% of the population continues to live in countries with low levels of digital transformation by the middle of the century, even as wealthier nations experience increasing digitalization.
• The authors identify six use cases where the explicit representation of digital transformation in the SSPs allows for the quantitative assessment of its effects on Sustainable Development Goals, climate policy, emissions, and energy.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2025). Digital Transformation in SSP. https://www.sei.org/publications/digital-transformation-in-ssp/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Digital Transformation in SSP. 2025. https://www.sei.org/publications/digital-transformation-in-ssp/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2025digital, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Digital Transformation in SSP}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/digital-transformation-in-ssp/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }