The impact of Big Data on the Sustainable Development Goals water and energy

Abstract

Sustainability has been the concern of all nations during the last years. In fact, it is about planning actual needs while keeping the ability to provide the future generations’ needs. It is quite challenging since it combines social, economic and environmental factors in order to create a stable society. This paper tackles an important topic, which is the Sustainable Development Goals, how the use of big data can help in their achievement and assessment. The focus of this work will be on two important SDGs which are SDG 6 and 7. We will handle SDG 6 which is about Clean Water and Sanitation, and SDG7 that concerns Affordable and Clean Energy. We will review the main and recent technologies of big data that are used in both fields. This is because big data technologies have shown excellent results in the evaluation and construction of prediction models to achieve sustainability.