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CO:DINA is an innovative project dedicated to the sustainable design of digital transformation. It is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMU) as part of the Environmental Policy Digital Agenda and is jointly conducted by IZT – Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment and the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy.

CO:DINA focuses on the development of a transformation roadmap that brings together action needs and options for sustainable digitalization. The research covers several key areas:

• System Design of Sustainable Digitalization: Here, business models, applications, data, and the role of actors are examined to understand and minimize the environmental impacts of digitalization[3][5].
• Digital Technologies: CO:DINA explores the potentials and challenges of emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in the context of a Machine Economy[3][5].

The main mission of CO:DINA is to strengthen political and societal action capacity for a socio-ecological-digital transformation. The project aims to identify and implement new strategic directions for a socio-ecological digitalization. It connects science, politics, civil society, and business to jointly develop sustainable solutions[2][5].

CO:DINA has several key sustainability goals:

• Sustainable Digitalization: The project examines the interactions between technology, society, and the environment to enable a sustainable orientation of digitalization. It identifies influencing factors, success factors, and framework conditions that are crucial for the sustainable design of digitalization[2][5].
• Environmental Policy Digital Agenda: CO:DINA is part of the Environmental Policy Digital Agenda of the BMU and supports the scientific accompaniment and implementation of environmental policy strategies[5].