ÚÑÈí 20 May 2013


Loading
  • Media Center
  • Press Kits
  • Press Kits

    1. Press Releases
    2. Press Kits
    3. PhotoGallery
    4. Webcasts
    5. Reports and Documents
    6. Biographies


    Green ICT | Press Kit

    Last updated: 24 January 2011
    Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) adopts Green Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strategy which aims at reducing the adverse environmental impacts resulting from the expansion of using ICT devices.

    Green ICT is what manufacturers, specialists, analysts, and providers call all ICT solutions that save energy. These include hardware, software and services. ICT is playing an important ubiquitous role, whether in business or in individuals’ private lives. It is also consuming ever greater amounts of energy and is therefore the source of significant CO2 emissions. However, while ICTs account for 2% of the CO2 emissions, in can contribute significantly in mitigating the effects of the remaining 98% emitted by the other sectors.

    This trend also seeks to protect the environment from the harmful output of technologies through using the right and safe scientific methods of disposing electronic wastes.

    A Memorandum of Understanding, Under the theme of “Green ICT”, was signed by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel and Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Eng. Maged George to raise community awareness about green ICT challenges and opportunities, setting fundamentals and national policies for Green ICT, adopting a multi-stakeholder approach to address various green ICT challenges, reducing the adverse environmental effects resulting from the expansion in the use of ICT, supporting the use of communication and information technology as an effective tool to reduce GHG emissions resulting from other sectors.

    The framework of this protocol is based on three main programs: Raising awareness about Green ICT, electronic wastes management, and ICT solutions: A more sustainable future.



    Related Publications
    Guidelines for Green IT in Daily Life
    Feb 2010
    The brochure defines "What is Green IT" and offers ways to greening our IT products, applications, services and practices, by designing, manufacturing, using and disposing of IT devices with minimal or no impact on the environment, and using IT as a catalyst or facilitator to decrease the impact of other sectors on the environment.




    Media Contact

    For media-related inquiries, please contact our media relations representative.

    Affiliate Organizations Related Institutions  
    NTRA ITIDA EGYPT POST ITI NTI CULTNAT TIEC SMART VILLAGE TDF
    Contact Us  |  Feedback  | Site Map  |  DisclaimerPrivacy Statement  |  MCIT RSS Copyright Ministry of Communications and Information Technology 1999-2013. All rights reserved.