Digital technologies for the Sustainable Development Goals

Digital technologies (DTs) play a crucial role in advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides innovative solutions to global challenges like poverty alleviation, equitable healthcare, climate action, and responsible consumption. This study is motivated by the growing significance of DTs in addressing sustainability challenges and their critical contribution to achieving the SDGs while identifying barriers to their adoption. Using a systematic review, this review examines the contributions of various DTs, i.e., AI, IoT, blockchain, cloud computing, big data analytics, remote sensing, and GIS in addressing SDGs. The review methodology includes the keywords search in the title,…