Information and communication technologies for environmental sustainability
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Information and communication technologies for environmental sustainability (ICT Ensure) is a general term referring to the application of
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number 7 (MDG7) to "ensure environmental sustainability".[3]
New technologies provide utilities for knowledge acquisition and awareness, early evaluation of new knowledge, reaching agreements and communication of progress in the interest of the human welfare. This includes ethical aspects of protecting human life as well as aspects of consumer safety and the preservation of our natural environment.
Application areas
More and more application areas are becoming relevant to sustainable development in industry,
disaster management, adaptation to climate change
and resource use.
- ICT in Energy Consumption/Efficiency
- ICT in Climate Change[4]
- ICT and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
- ICT for Biodiversity
- Eco-industrial Applications and ICT for Industrial Ecology
- ICT in Agriculture
- ICT for Landscape Ecology
- Personal Information Systems and Quality of Life
- ICT for Sustainable Urban Development
- ICT in Health Care
- ICT for Environmental Risk Management
See also
- Agriculture
- Biodiversity
- Climate change
- Natural resource management
- Quality of life
- Information Age
- Infocommunications
References
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- ^ "Millennium Development Goal 7". UNDP. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ Karanasios, S. (2011). New and Emergent ICTs and Climate Change in Developing Countries. R. Heeks & A. Ospina (Eds.) (PDF).
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Further reading
- Millennium Development Goals | Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability[1]
- SMART 2020 Report[2]
- ICTs: Do They Contribute to Increased Carbon Emissions?[3]
- New and Emergent ICTs and Climate Change in Developing Countries[4]
- ^ [1] Archived February 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Smart 2020 Report: Global ICT Solution Case Studies". Smart2020.org. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
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- ^ http://www.niccd.org/KaranasiosClimateChangeEmergentICTs.pdf[permanent dead link]