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Information and Communication Technologies for Environmental Sustainability (ICT Ensure) is a general term referring to the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) within the field of environmental sustainability. With the usage of new technologies the global community, can be supported in their collaboration to preserve the environment in the long term. New technologies provide utilities for Knowledge acquisition and awareness, early evaluation of new knowledge, reaching agreements and communication of progress in the interest of the human welfare. This includes ethical aspects of protecting human life as well as aspects of consumer safety and the preservation of our natural environment.

[edit] Application Areas

More and more application areas are becoming relevant to sustainable development in industry, health care, agriculture and the information society. And they have an impact on the perspectives of ICT, the environment, policy and science. More and more interest has been emerged as well to risk and disaster management, adaptation to climate change and resource use.

• ICT for Energy Consumption/Efficiency
• ICT in Climate Change
• ICT in Natural Resource Management
• Eco-industrial Applications and ICT for Industrial Ecology
• ICT in Agriculture
• ICT for Biodiversity
• ICT for Landscape Ecology
• Personalized Information Systems and ICT for Quality of Life
• ICT for Sustainable Urban Development
• ICT in Health Care
• ICT for Environmental Risk Management

[edit] See also

• Agriculture
• Biodiversity
• Climate Change
• Natural resource management
• Quality of Life

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