by Simon Mingay | December 22, 2009 | Comments Off
In the melee that was the last few days of the Climate Summit negotiations in Copenhagen many things fell down the cracks, including information and communications technology (ICT). No sign of the text that the ITU and others were trying to get added. Nothing binding or definitive for the enterprise carbon management software providers or [...]
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by Simon Mingay | December 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Towns and Cities, the buildings that they consist of, the infrastructure and services that support them, will all play an important role in tackling climate change. Yesterday the Climate Summit for Mayors started (http://www.climatesummitformayors.dk/). From a distance, compared to what we seem to be witnessing in the Bella Center in Copenhagen this seems an oasis [...]
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by Bettina Tratz-Ryan | December 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
For the past days, different scientific reports being presented during the COP15 conference in Kopenhagen, with mounting pressure on the ICT industry to bring out solutions to curb the impact of climate change. It becomes clear that communications infrastructure, while contributing to 2 percent of carbon footprint, has the opportunity to mitigate climate change through [...]
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by Simon Mingay | December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
The goal of those representing the information & communications technology (ICT) industry at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen is to get “recognition” amongst policymakers that ICT has a significant role to play in tackling climate change. The ITU (a UN agency which among other things is charged with developing standards in ICT) is pushing for [...]
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by Simon Mingay | December 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
I don’t have time to summarise this session at the IseeT forum in COP15, but if you have 70 minutes to spare it’s worth your while if you want to get some old and more importantly, some fresh perspectives on the role of ICT. http://www1.cop15.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop15/templ/play.php?id_kongressmain=1&theme=unfccc&id_kongresssession=2366 It ebbs and flows a little, but there are some [...]
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by Simon Mingay | December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
If you want to get an insight into the debate around the potential positive & negative impacts of technology (far beyond ICT, though same basic issue applies) take a look at this press conference. You’ll get the basic message of this group by simply listening to the first panellist, but as the discussion goes on [...]
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by Simon Mingay | December 9, 2009 | Comments Off
If progress is to be made in terms of tackling climate change then it is important that organizations with the influence of Microsoft express their support and take commensurate action. That action needs to tackle their own operations of course, but additionally their supply chain, partnerships, and in Microsoft’s case most importantly focus on their [...]
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by Simon Mingay | December 8, 2009 | 3 Comments
I’m going to be using this blog to comment on what’s happening at the Copenhagen Climate Summit (COP15) and how that relates to, and impacts, IT. Thereafter, it will be about the issues of climate change and environmental sustainability and how they impact the IT industry, Copenhagen is an important opportunity for the IT [...]
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