This page gives access to a range of resources related to ICT and climate change.

ICTandclimatechange.com has produced:

• an introductory paper 
• a slide presentation

A copy can be obtained by sending an email to:

mail@ICTandclimatechange.com

Further materials will be added, and we have also highlighted links to resources from other organisations:

HM Treasury Stern Review: The economics of climate change

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm

United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

http://www.ipcc.ch/

A blueprint from The Centre for Alternative Technology in its report ‘zerocarbonbritain’, for Britain to reduce its carbon emissions to zero by 2027

http://www.zerocarbonbritain.com/

The Energy Saving Trust report "The Ampere Strikes Back", on how new home entertainment equipment - such as DAB radios, flat screen TVs and laptops - is undermining efforts to curb the effects of climate change. By 2020, this 'ICE age' technology will account for around 45% of electricity used in UK households.

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/aboutest/news/ampere/

Telstra sponsored report by Climate Risk, "Towards A High Bandwidth, Low Carbon Future: Telecommunications-based Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions" - posits that ICT can reduce GHGs in Australia by almost 5%

http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/csr/reports.cfm

AeA Europe, an association of US high tech companies, has produced a report on how the high tech sector can help the EU achieve its goal of reducing energy consumption 20% by 2020..

http://www.aeanet.org/aeacouncils/AeAEurope_Energy_Efficiency_Report_17Sep07.pdf

McKinsey's report published by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative "SMART 2020: Enabling the Low Carbon Economy in the Information Age" shows how the ICT industry could reduce global emissions by as much as 15 per cent by 2020 – a volume of CO2e five times its own footprint in 2020.

http://www.gesi.org/