Low-Carbon ICT Leadership Benchmark

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The Low-Carbon ICT Leadership Benchmark is a unique project of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), which examines governments’ adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions to fight climate change.

The Low-Carbon ICT Leadership Benchmark tracks governments’ performance in integrating transformative ICT solutions in climate change strategies and other policy areas. The overall objective is to identify best practices and leadership that can inspire a “race to the top” among governments. There is a need for policies that make low-carbon development a driver for innovation, job creation and increased revenue flows for those delivering transformative ICT solutions. The leadership and best practices featured on this site can hopefully encourage governments to develop better national and international frameworks for climate change adaptation and mitigation by fully taking into account the transformative potential of ICT.

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With today’s ICT solutions many of the largest sources of CO2 emissions can become part of the solution: buildings can be net producers of renewable energy, electric/hydrogen cars can be an integrated part of a zero emission economy, and virtual meet­ings, digital health and education, dematerialisa­tion of physical products and teleworking can all become part of 21st century business models.

The Low-Carbon ICT Leadership Benchmark aims to contribute to two shifts in the climate change debate:

  1. Increased focus on, and inclusion of, companies with important ICT solutions in the dialogue rather than just the major polluters.
  2. Greater focus on transformative ICT solutions that can deliver services in ways that are so resource efficient that nine billion people can use them without destroying the planet, and less emphasis on incremental improvements in existing systems (as these often result in high-carbon lock in).

Today the benchmark is launched October 26th 2011

Today the low-carbon ICT leadership benchmark is officially launched and presented at a workshop at ITU Telecom World 2011. We look forward to feedback and comments on how it is used and how it can become better.

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