ACTIVITIES :: Sustainable Growth :: Green Digital Charter

The Green Digital Charter was launched at the end of 2009 to encourage cities to reduce the carbon footprint of their ICT and roll-out ICT solutions which lead to more energy efficiency in areas such as buildings, transport and energy.

So far 28 cities have signed up to the Green Digital Charter and many others are interested committing to:

- work with Green Digital Charter signatories on ICT and energy efficiency ICT;
- deploying 5 large-scale pilots per city within 5 years from the signature;
- decreasing ICT’s direct carbon footprint per city by 30% within 10 years.

The signatory cities are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Eindhoven, Genoa, Ghent, The Hague, Helsinki, Linköping, Lisbon, Malaga, Malmo, Manchester, Murcia, Nantes Métropole, Nice Cote d’Azur, Nuremberg, Reykjavik, Rijeka, Tallinn, Stockholm, Venice, Vienna, Zagreb and Zaragoza.

They use the EUROCITIES network to coordinate their efforts, develop an implementation roadmap on the commitments above, exchange experiences and build benchmarks of good practice, as well as seeking external sources of funding to support their ambitions.

The Green Digital Charter originates from talks between EUROCITIES (the European network of major cities - www.eurocities.eu), Manchester City and the European Commission.
 

The first NICE training will take place on 19th June 2012 in Belfast, United Kingdom.

The training is designed to help cities measure their ICT footprint and to highlight winning actions which contribute to their commitment to reduce the ICT footprint by 30%.

The training includes:
- a broad introduction to the subject of carbon footprinting,
- an update from the ITU on latest developments in international standards for measuring ICT footprints,
- an introduction to the NiCE ICT reporting tool
- city experiences in measuring their ICT footprint,
- networking and experience sharing opportunities.

The training aims to provide delegates with a greater understanding of what needs to be done to measure the ICT footprint of a city, as well as, inform them about the relevant methodologies and tools.

Registration can be done here.
 

Up to date 28 Cities committed to the Green Digital Charter. Linköping and Venice were the latest cities signing up on the 4th and 5th May 2012.


Linköping signed the Green Digital Charter on the 4th of May 2012 during the European Commission's conference "Smart Energy and Sustainable ICT", which took place on the 3rd and 4th May 2012 in Brussels.