OECD Conference: ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change, May 2009

Last month, OECD brought together policy makers and industry to discuss issues at the nexus of ICT and environmental sustainability.
In the opening address of the conference, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria said: “imagine a web page that tells you how much energy your home is using in realtime and suggests how you can reduce your energy [...]

ICTs and Climate Change: Global Symposia

Two 2008 international symposia (in Kyoto and London) focused on ICTs and Climate change. Some tidbits:

Climate change: ICTs to the rescue? 
ICTs as a clean technology
Towards a high bandwidth, low carbon future 
What kind of targets might be established for the reduction in GHG through the use of ICTs?
What contribution to this could be made by the implementaion of relevant ITU Treaties and ITU recommendations?

Stimulus Bill

Green Technology: $65 billion
Energy efficient servers: $50 million (.08%) [Green IT]
Smart electricity grid: $4.5 billion (6.9%) [IT for greening other activities]

More $ is going toward IT that creates cascade effects, such as providing a platform for energy management software to shame consumers into using less promote conservation. Less is allocated to stimulating server demand [...]