esides the depressing news of the continuous upsurge in the number of positive cases, several pieces also highlight the importance of climate change, and how important is it becoming with each passing day. Yet, on the other hand, a lot of articles talk about how technology can play Cupid in this regard, and how can the environment be saved. It would be wise enough to say that the change is happening already, like for instance, a lot of environment-focused data collection has emerged out as a priority for many developed nations. Notable among them would be the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that are deploying IoT sensors to monitor evolving conditions.
Additionally, IoT has helped massively in trimming waste relates to the practice of large oil and gas companies that employ hundreds of people, in order to drive a string of sites in a single day, just to check a variety of metrics like tank and pressure levels. Leading companies in this sector are working with such oil-and-gas corporations that have deployed IoT sensors that would help enable such metrics that could be monitored centrally. 
Likewise, service industries too have been inculcating IoT on their daily lives. A common and a recent practice has been reducing truck rolls, that has become an IoT enabled use case. It’s well known that truck rolls not only burn up gas but are expensive as well. Last year in November, at the Smart Home Summit, a scholar had shared a similar perspective on IoT and resource utlisation. 
Alok Bardiya, Head – Internet of Things (Business Unit), Tata Communications, opines, “According to the World Economic Forum’s report from Exponential Climate Action Roadmap, it was found that expanding the use of digital technologies could reduce carbon emission by at least 15% – almost a third of the critical 50% reduction needed to curb climate change by 2030.
Technologies such as IoT, AI, Machine Learning and Robotics have been accelerating operational efficiencies and more so playing a critical role during this pandemic too.  World Environment Day is a reminder for us to strive and make a positive impact on the environment by leveraging these technologies.  IoT, due to its real-time nature of data collection, analysis and further actioning has proved to deliver significant environmental improvements in a host of areas. We believe, IoT has the potential to deliver noteworthy results in terms of environmental monitoring, waste management and energy conservation.”