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11 December 2009
The UK is among the leading nations when it comes to its ability to use green IT to reduce CO2 emissions, says analyst IDC.
At the Copenhagen climate change summit this week, the analyst published its first ICT Sustainability Index, in which the G20 nations have been ranked on their ability to reduce their CO2 emissions through the focused use of ICT.
The results of the ICT Sustainability Index showed that Japan was the leading G20 nation by a considerable margin over the United States in second place. Brazil, France, Germany and the UK were all tied for third place. Other national rankings included South Korea (11th), China (12th), India (13th), Russia (15th), and South Africa (19th).
IDC said green IT could be used to prevent 5.8bn tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2020 across the G20 nations. Its research was sponsored by Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, Intel, and Schneider Electric. The study examined the potential of seventeen technologies to reduce G20 CO2 emissions in four major economic sectors - energy generation and distribution, transport, industry and building.
Energy management, smart grids, supply chain logistics, and intelligent building designs built around green IT principles all feature in the IDC research.
IDC analyst Chris Ingle said, "The Sustainability Index was created to allow nations to be fairly compared to each other on their ability to reduce CO2 emissions and to sustain their economies and environments through the investment in and application of ICT solutions."
Last Updated (11 December 2009)
