Environment and ICTs

ICTs and the environment have a two-sided relationship. As a network, APC is looking into not only how ICTs are being used to help the environment, but also looking at what can be done in terms of policy regarding arising issues such as e-waste. APC’s GreeningIT project takes a look at the green and not so green side of ICTs to find out how ICTs can be used more sustainably by ICT practitione...

Bangladesh, like many countries, is particularly vulnerable to climate change. In recent years, electronic waste and other ICT-related environmental issues have become an increasingly important issue that policy makers in Bangladesh have yet to tackle. This new report by examines what is currently being done in Bangladesh and what policy makers should focus on. The report also looks at how and ...

When the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was approved in Costa Rica in 2008, the telecommunications sector – previously a state monopoly – opened itself to the liberal economic market. This study looks at the different initiatives, policies and actors involved in environmental stability from the telecommunications sector and focuses on climate change and e-waste managem...

Since the late 1990s Egypt has promoted ICTs as one of its main economic growth engines. ICTs have been used for over a decade to monitor and reportenvironmental changes and are becoming an important tool for climate change adaptation. This report looks at how ICTs are being used in Egypt to mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as how e-waste is managed in the country. It documents the ...

In India, the ICT boom in recent years has greatly increased the presence of new dangerous and toxic waste in the environment but no offical policies have been created to deal with the informal disposal of e-waste in the country. This study addresses the need for a consolidated study in India of any sorts to measure the policy trends in relation to environmental sustainability, climate change a...

Mexico has one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, and is therefore also very vulnerable to climate change. The degradation of the environment hascreated social and economic problems, and in particular, can be linked to increased poverty in the country. This report identifies in what ways the use of ICTs has been proposed in public policies as aresponse to climate change.It also point...

As environmental sustainability plays an increasingly important role in social and economic development, much attention has been given to ICTs as tools to address sustainability imbalances – and as the source of many environmental challenges themselves, such as with e-waste. IC4D activists are constantly challenged by the ever-evolving landscape of ICTs and the sometimes contradictory and cro...

It’s normal to buy a new laptop when we can afford it. But do you know about the waste or the environmental damage that result from its production? See this new APC video to learn more.