Environment & ICT
Servers, PCs, monitors lead in tech CO2 emission
03/12/2007Prithwi
November 28, 2007 | Events, Issues, International and News. |
New York: Servers, personal computers and monitors accounted for more
that 60 per cent of global ICT-related carbon emissions and world
average electricity prices had grown by 56 per cent since 2002.
After Vista, a deluge of E-waste to developing countries, Greenpeace warns
15/02/2007The environmentalists argue that with Vista, more companies and individuals may feel the need to replace their existing computers sooner as these become incompatible with the new operating system. The result: massive volumes of computer scrap in dirty recycling yards and dumpsites in the Philippines, Thailand, and in other Asian countries where most of the world's E-waste dumps are located.
Institutions and civil society debate over the Third sector’s involvement in ICT policy decision making in Bulgaria
03/01/2007Integration of environmental sustainability in ICT policy was a major focus at the National consultation on ICT policy in Bulgaria, led by BlueLink and the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications.
Greening Internet Governance
22/11/2006Among hundreds of other issues, environment protection made its way to the discussion in the first Internet Governance Forum. The event was called by UN’s Secretary General in November to guide the development of Internet, following upon the World Summit on the Information Society (2003 – 2005).
Workshop “Greening Development through ICT and Civic Engagement”
03/10/2006The workshop will be held on November 1, 2006, during the Internet Governance Forum in Athens will address how communities in the Global South can harness the immense potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in addressing sustainability problems.
E stands for environment: ICT tools to empower activists struggling to protect environment around the world
23/06/2006A working group of APC members aims to bring environment higher on the ICT policy priorities of global civil society. Information and communication technologies are a powerful tool for civil society protecting environment. But more is needed to streamline ICT work of different groups and communities, and offer them access to the ICTs they need to secure environmental sustainability, a BlueLink/APC survey shows.
BlueLink launched the first NGO e-elections in Bulgaria
09/01/2006Innovative Civil e-Representation Platform facilitates election of NGO representatives in various governmental working groups dealing with environmental and sustainable development policies.
E-platform for NGO elections presented at the 4th Aarhus Convention Task Force Meeting
12/11/2005BlueLink’s Civil e-Representation Platform is an Internet-based platform for election of representatives of NGOs in working groups and committees at the institutions dealing with environmental and sustainable development policies.
Working Group on the Impact of ICT on the environment
08/07/2004Why and how environment to be taken into account at WSIS (Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005)
The recommendations on electronic tools use for the Aarhus convention implementation – finally completed
06/07/2004at the 3rd UNECE Task Force Meeting, which took place on 1-2 July 2004 in the Palace of Nations (Palais des Nations), Geneva. BlueLink presented at the meeting the partnership project "ICT and implementation of the Aarhus convention and the environmental legislation", launched by Milieukontakt Oost-Europa in cooperation with BlueLink (Bulgaria) and Erina Journalists Legal Environmental Center (Macedonia).
