2010 - ICTs and Environmental Sustainability
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Sweden
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Bulgaria
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ICTs, sustainability and the green economy
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International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Introduction
The concept of sustainable development has been elaborated and refined in the years since the Brundtland Report on environment and development, which defined sustainable development as “development that meets needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”1 Although there is no single definition of sustainable development, there is general agreement on certain fundamental principles:
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Institutional overview
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Ethiopian Free and Open Source Software Network (EFOSSNet)
Introduction
The global interest and movement to address climate change is led by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC, established in 1989 by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has since led a number of deliberations and consultations to get a better understanding of the causes of climate change, its impacts, and mitigation and adaptation strategies.1