aclJohn's Green Finds

The UK is the first country in the world to introduce a legally binding framework for tackling climate change and the implications of this are likely to be far reaching for the public sector. Over the coming years targets will be set, carbon emission budgets agreed and strategies and plans announced: all with the overall goal of cutting the UK's emissions by 80% of 1990 levels, by 2050. What will this mean for the ICT sector, and in particular for those responsible for information services i...

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The Associate Press Climate Pool has kept readers well informed over the course of the COP15 negotiations. Part of the coverage is contained in an interactive map of the participating nations' current emissions and the reductions they've pledged to make.

This map quickly lays out the current emissions trends around the world.

Some of the interesting things revealed by this map are...

• the huge percentage increase in emissions by China (136.2 percent)
• the reduction in emissions by us here i...

Top tips for a greener ICT department

"JISC is publishing advice to help ICT managers and information officers cut carbon emissions as Learning Providers come under mounting pressure from government, regulatory sources and the public to reduce their carbon footprint."

Through its Climate Change Act (2008), the UK government has a target to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.

The education sector has therefore been asked to...

• devise strategies that will make real energ...