Editorial: Special issue on empirical research on information systems addressing the challenges of environmental sustainability: an imperative for urgent action

摘要

Scientific evidence accepted by leading experts in the environmental domain attributes observable degradation of the natural environment on a global scale to human behaviour (IPCC, 2007; IPCC, 2014). Acknowledging the deteriorating state of the environment as one of the most critical challenges confronting the world, the governments of more than 190 countries have accepted the scientific evidence of this degradation and, by ratifying the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement of 2015, more than 130 countries to date have committed to take action (UNFCCC, 2016a). Business, government and society need to collaborate to achieve fundamental changes in current behaviours and prevailing practices in order to address the challenges of environmental sustainability (IPCC, 2007; Porter & Reinhardt, 2007; Stern, 2007; NIC, 2008; IPCC, 2014; UNFCCC, 2015).