Vision of IoT, 5G and 6G Data Processing: Applications in Climate Change Mitigation

The Earth is becoming increasingly hot as we experience more record-breaking heat waves, ice melting, and an increase in average temperatures. The repercussions of global climate change are becoming increasingly evident, which led to climate change being named the “greatest global health threat of the twenty-first century.” As a result, the international community established an ambitious plan for going green, promoting human development, and preserving the biosphere by adopting the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. As a result, international cooperation efforts have been increasingly put forward. This paper presents ways in which the Internet of Things could benefit the current efforts toward climate change mitigation endeavors. We discuss state-of-the-art projects that have been established worldwide to use recent advancements in 5G/6G technologies and IoT to monitor, model, and combat the impacts of global climate change on agriculture, water resources depletion, and coastal erosion.