ICT for CO2 reduction

The two applications below relate to reduced travel. This potential is probably the most obvious way that ICT can contribute to environmental gains, including CO2 reductions. Often the service required is not to move someone from one place to another, but to enable people to meet for a specific reason. Of course people need to meet in person from time to time, but often, especially in case of routine meetings, physical meetings can be substituted by virtual meetings. In other words no one argues for the substitution of all existing meetings with virtual meetings, but for a system where the actual need, improved efficiency and better quality are achieved. In such a system the number of physical trips can be reduced significantly.

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