2. The ECCC is a partnership of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot Watt University. As an Innovation Centre, the ECCC has a bold vision of bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders, policy makers and academics to help deliver a “low carbon economy”. As part of the ECCC’s ambitious plans to become a hub for information and knowledge exchange, a ¥105 million physical space will house innovative activities. The Centre will comprise twin elements of a virtual information hub and a physical infrastructure located at Edinburgh’s historic High School Yards near the Scottish Parliament.
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4. The role of ICT in Carbon Management & Finance 爱丁堡气候变化中心 安德鲁 • 米切尔 商务经理 电子邮件 : andrew.mitchell@edinburghcentre.org 网址 : http://www.edinburghcentre.org Andrew Mitchell – Beijing – 24 th August, 2011.
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16. Addicted to Data The World’s Technological Capacity to Store, Communicate, and Compute Information Martin Hilbert and Priscila López Science 1 April 2011: 60-65. DOI:10.1126/science.1200970 In 2007 humankind was able to store 2.9×10 20 optimally compressed bytes (290 exabytes) and communicate almost 2×10 21 bytes. "If we were to take all that information and store it in books, we could cover the entire area of China in 13 layers of books” Dr Martin Hilbert University of Southern California bytes 290,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilobytes 290,000,000,000,000,000 megabytes 290,000,000,000,000 gigabytes 290,000,000,000 terabytes 290,000,000 petabytes 290,000 exabytes 290
22. BUT … the ICT industry has a legacy of failing to deliver. “ All dealings with Government that can be delivered electronically will be deliverable electronically by 2005.” Tony Blair March 1999 In 2011 there is still a mountain to climb: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/government-efficiency
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Editor's Notes
The biggest increase in emissions has taken place in developing countries (with close to 6 billion people) while developed countries (with less than 1 billion people), on average, show rather steady emissions for the last decade. About one quarter of the recent growth in emissions in developing countries resulted from the increase in international trade of goods and services produced in developing countries but consumed in developed countries. The largest regional shift in 2008 was India overtaking Russia as the third largest CO2 emitter. China and the US remain in first and second position. From a historical perspective, developing countries with 80% of the world ’ s population still account for about 20% of the cumulative emissions since 1751; the poorest countries in the world, with 800 million people, have contributed less than 1% of these cumulative emissions. Uncertainty of emissions from CO2 fossil fuel is large in some countries and about ±0.5 PgC globally.
