City2020

 

City2020 is the second of an innovative series of studies commissioned by the Information Society Directorate of the European Commission; the others are Consumer2020 and Information2020. All of these studies examine how existing ICTs and networks can be used to make significant and replicable reductions in our use of carbon. The overarching theme across the studies is the role that information can play as a catalyst for subversively changing bad business practice or inefficient behaviour when put in the hands of “users” , whether consumers, citizens or organisations.

The ready availability of information in accessible and transparent forms can both empower and enable change. If Europe is to achive its 2020 targets for the environment and show the necessary leadership, it needs to embrace the possibilities offered by today’s ICTs to effect environmental change rather than wait for the next technological revolution. Such change does not simply happen by osmosis and there is a need to faciltate and enable the process.

Download City2020 Executive Summary(PDF)
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