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Green ICT: Asking the Right Questions

The colloquium was conducted by Nalaka Gunawardena.
The colloquium began by Nalaka explaining the big picture; Climate change and energy use.  Global warming is not new but the rate of global warming is. There is a multiplicity of gases causing global warming and their sources.
Looking at the Green House Gas (GHG) mix, Carbon Dioxide is dominant. [...]

LIRNEasia’s research presented at India Disaster Management Congress 2009

The Second India Disaster Management Congress (IDMC 2009) took place from 4-6 November at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. It was organized by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) to assemble, synthesize and further disseminate knowledge on disaster management in diverse sectors.
Natasha Udu-gama, former HazInfo Dissemination Manager and Researcher, presented “Implementing Inclusive ICTs: Mobile [...]

Chanuka Wattegama at European Commission Environment Conference

The Directorate of Environment, European Commission organises the conference ‘The Civil Protection Forum – Towards a more resilient society’ that aims to explore the concept of resilience. Climate change is likely to increase the frequency and impact of disasters, and Europe has to be prepared for this challenge. The Forum will start a debate on [...]

Use a mobile to get pension: Mobile 2.0 research findings receives media coverage in New Delhi

“The government is spending a lot on e-governance by putting up kiosks in villages. These kiosks cost a lot and need electricity, which is not always available in rural areas. An internet kiosk costs the government about Rs 1.5 lakh, while this would cost Rs 22,000.”
Financial Chronicle (New Delhi edition) quoted Subhash Bhatnagar, adjunct professor, [...]

Electronics draining 15% of household electricity?

LIRNEasia has from the beginning seen the value of looking at all infrastructures, and indeed looking at their inter-relationships. Given their places on the adoption curves, we do not believe that electronics can consume 15% of electricity at the BOP in emerging countries, but given the long gestation times of energy projects and reforms, [...]

Computing contribution of computers to global warming

We have written about this endless loop of reasoning before. But I guess someone thinks this perpetual motion exercise does some good.
AVIATION has long been blamed for its share of anthropogenic global warming. Indeed, some travellers now ask themselves whether their flight is strictly necessary and, if they decide it is, salve their consciences [...]

Cell Broadcasting for Early Disaster Warning in Maldives: Report released today

Maldives, a country of 1,192 islands and 290,000 citizens, is highly dependent on its natural resources. Along with tourism, which provides more than 30 percent of the country’s income, fisheries and agriculture are essential to livelihoods on the country’s 199 inhabited islands.
The December 2004 tsunami affected many of its islands and wrought considerable devastation to [...]

Does a websearch kill a tree?

According to this research finding, Google is warming the planet by giving us fast websearches.

Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research.
While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a [...]

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