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Linked Open Data (LOD) is a growing trend amongst governments and civil society organisations who understand that the internet now makes the entire storehouse of human knowledge available to anyone, anywhere, through access via computer or mobile device. To reflect this new reality, many organisations are taking their existing data sets – many of which [...]
In 2009 a story made headlines that is still being brought up today: British newspaper The Sunday Times claimed that a Google search generated large amounts of greenhouse gases; the same amount of carbon as boiling a kettle of water for tea. Even though later Google later was able to prove that in fact most [...]
The low carbon factsheets published by AEA and DFID deal with several issues, like water scarcity, green jobs, mitigation and poverty reduction. I have fetched some interesting facts out of these sheets for you. A development towards a low carbon economy could overcome some water security shortages, but it could also challenge water security, for [...]
The UK Department for International Development (DIFD) has commissioned AEA, a REEEP partner organization, to produce various summary sheets about low carbon development that are very compact yet full of interesting information and thoughts. These fact sheets cover many issues related to a low-carbon future, this one deals with green jobs in a low carbon [...]
The Future of Transportation
03 Mar 2011
by Jennifer Ronk (Research Scientist, Houston Advanced Research Center) - Category: Contributed News
Development and transportation have been intertwined since wheels were first attached to carts over 6000 years ago. Efficient methods to move goods and people are largely responsible for the quality of life many of us enjoy today. However, these societal benefits also have a cost. Transportation accounts for about 13% of global carbon emissions. In [...]
Ministers and businesses agree on accelerating transition
25 Jul 2010
by Denise Recheis - Category: News
Last Thursday The Financial Times, Le Monde and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published an article which set out possible economic benefits that could be achieved by increasing the EU’s target of 20% to a more ambitious 30%. Ministers of the UK, Germany and France laid out their visions for simultaneously increasing those targets and achieving better [...]
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