The potential of ICTs to combat climate change and improve environmental performance

Mr. Gurría's opening speech at the Conference on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change in Denmark on 27-28 May 2009 focused on the potential of information and communication technologies to combat climate change and improve environmental performance.

OECD conference on “ICTs, the environment and climate change”, 27-28 May, Helsingor, Denmark

The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation will host a high-level OECD conference on the potential of information and communication technologies to combat climate change and improve environmental performance on 27-28 May 2009 in Helsingør, Denmark.

Towards Green ICT Strategies: Assessing Policies and Programmes on ICT and the Environment (OECD Digital Economy Paper 155)

This report analyses government programmes and business initiatives on ICT and the environment to address environmental challenges, particularly global warming and energy use.

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The role of communication infrastructure investment in economic recovery (OECD Digital Economy Paper 154)

This paper argues that policy makers need to evaluate the costs and benefits of any public investment in telecommunication infrastructure and select projects which can stimulate current demand but simultaneously expand the productive capacity of the economy in the longer term.

Workshop: Policy Coherence in the Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Development

This workshop, organised jointly by the World Bank/infoDev and the OECD, aims to share and highlight best practices in coherent approaches to meeting development objectives.

Universal Access Funds with Minimum-Subsidy Auctions

This report discusses ways of extending telecommunication infrastructure services to the rural poor in developing countries.

Network externality premiums and international telecommunication traffic exchange (OECD Digital Economy Paper 152)

This paper examines the economic impact of proposals to add a non-cost “premium” to international telecommunication charges. This work follows up on earlier OECD work which examined international traffic exchange.

APEC-OECD Joint Symposium on Initiatives among Member Economies Promoting Safer Internet Environment for Children

Agenda for APEC-OECD joint symposium on initiatives among Member economies promoting safer Internet environment for children.

Online Identity Theft

This book defines identity theft, studies how it is perpetrated, outlines what is being done to combat it, and recommends specific ways to address it in a global manner.

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ICCP Committee expands participation of non-governmental stakeholders in its work

The Committee for Information Computer and Communications Policy has approved a framework to govern the participation of non-governmental stakeholders in its work and that of its working parties.