White Paper on 6G Drivers and the UN SDGs
Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Sirpa Aalto, Muhammad Imran Asghar, Hendrik, Berndt, Yan Chen, Sudhir Dixit, Risto Jurva, Pasi Karppinen, Markku Kekkonen,, Marianne Kinnula, Panagiotis Kostakos, Johanna Lindberg, Edward Mutafungwa,, Kirsi Ojutkangas, Elina Rossi, Seppo Yrjola

TL;DR
This white paper explores how 6G technology can support the UN Sustainable Development Goals by proposing new indicators, outlining a role for 6G in societal transformation, and suggesting an action plan for alignment.
Contribution
It introduces a novel linkage between 6G and the UN SDGs through indicators and outlines a strategic framework for leveraging 6G to achieve sustainable development.
Findings
Proposes new 6G-related indicators for SDG measurement
Identifies three roles of 6G in supporting SDGs
Provides an action plan for aligning 6G development with SDGs
Abstract
The commercial launch of 6G communications systems and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, UN SDGs, are both targeted for 2030. 6G communications is expected to boost global growth and productivity, create new business models and transform many aspects of society. The UN SDGs are a way of framing opportunities and challenges of a desirable future world and cover topics as broad as ending poverty, gender equality, climate change and smart cities. The relationship between these potentially mutually reinforcing forces is currently under-defined. Building on the vision for 6G, a review of megatrends, on-going activities on the relation of mobile communications to the UN SDGs and existing indicators, a novel linkage between 6G and the UN SDGs is proposed via indicators. The white paper has also launched the work of deriving new 6G related indicators to guide the research of 6G…
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TopicsUniversity-Industry-Government Innovation Models · Regional Development and Policy
