1、 1 Digital Transformation Facilitating Balanced Development in Asia Report on Technology for Sustainable Development in Asia(2022-2023)2022 2 About the Tech4SDG The Technology for Sustainable Development Goals Alliance for Asia(Tech4SDG for short)is committed to many aspects such as increasing engag
2、ement in society,facilitating industry-university-research(IUR)interaction,conducting exchanges and communications in science and technology and studying its ethics.It also deeply involves in the development of standards,the compilation of industrial case studies,and the publication of the subsequen
3、t results to promote sustainable development in Asia.The alliance is composed primarily of technology enterprises,research institutions,think tanks,universities,experts,and scholars in Asia.For more information about the alliance or to obtain the electronic version of this report,please visit the we
4、bsite:www.tech4sdgaa.org Contact Information:secretariattech4sdgaa.org 3 Digital technology promotes economical and societal progress to create a better future for humanity 4 Contents About the Technology for Sustainable Development Goals Alliance for Asia Foreword 6 Chapter I Challenges to Sustaina
5、ble Development in Asia 9 I.Traditional sustainable development challenges 10 II.COVID-19 challenges 10 III.Regional turmoil challenges 11 IV.Multiple security challenges 11 V.Challenges of development transformation 12 Chapter II Ethical Consensus on Technology for Sustainable Development in Asia 1
6、3 I.The principle of sustainability 14 First,a concept of the“full life cycle”of the sustainable development on technology 14 Second,science and technology based on local conditions 15 Third,priority on addressing climate change 15 II.The principle of human-centric 15 First,a full technological life