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Industrial Revolution 4.0 and the Environment: The Asian Perspective

Industrial Revolution 4.0 and the Environment: The Asian Perspective

Subhanil Banerjee, Souren Koner
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781668467824|ISBN10: 1668467828|ISBN13 Softcover: 9798369348451|EISBN13: 9781668467831
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6782-4.ch011
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Banerjee, Subhanil, and Souren Koner. "Industrial Revolution 4.0 and the Environment: The Asian Perspective." Digital Natives as a Disruptive Force in Asian Businesses and Societies, edited by Omkar Dastane, et al., IGI Global, 2023, pp. 196-208. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6782-4.ch011

APA

Banerjee, S. & Koner, S. (2023). Industrial Revolution 4.0 and the Environment: The Asian Perspective. In O. Dastane, A. Aman, & N. Bin Mohd Satar (Eds.), Digital Natives as a Disruptive Force in Asian Businesses and Societies (pp. 196-208). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6782-4.ch011

Chicago

Banerjee, Subhanil, and Souren Koner. "Industrial Revolution 4.0 and the Environment: The Asian Perspective." In Digital Natives as a Disruptive Force in Asian Businesses and Societies, edited by Omkar Dastane, Aini Aman, and Nurhizam Safie Bin Mohd Satar, 196-208. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6782-4.ch011

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Abstract

Mother Nature has suffered through many industrial revolutions. Ecology suffered after the first industrial revolution. Industrial revolutions quadrupled CO2. Industrial Revolution 4.0 follows the Stockholm Conference in 1972 and Brundtland's report “Our Common Future” (1983-1987) on sustainable development. The emerging and less developed countries are condemned for their carbon footprint and CO2 emissions from manufacturing and consumption. According to the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis, developed countries advise developing nations to follow their development path to reduce carbon emissions. Industrial Revolution 4.0 replaced the Fordist style of production with information-based production. In this context, is digitization pro-environment? Regrettably, this has not been empirically studied. This chapter examines the environmental effects of digitalization and Industrial Revolution 4.0. The chapter will examine the link between the environment, digitalization, and Industrial Revolution 4.0 using empirical validation and descriptive analysis.

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