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The A to Z of green IT
Green is the new black...

By Gemma Simpson

Published: Wednesday 21 November 2007

Queen

Even HRH has been standing on the green IT soapbox.

Green IT from A to Z

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A is for Abroad
B is for Blades
C is for Carbon footprint
D is for Data centres
E is for Energy sources
F is for Freecycle
G is for Government
H is for Homeworking
I is for Ice caps
J is for Jobs (Steve)
K is for Kilowatts
L is for Landfill
M is for Mercury
N is for Nanogeneration
O is for Offsetting
P is for Paperless office
Q is for Queen
R is for Recycling
S is for SmartPlanet.com
T is for Travel
U is for Upgrade
V is for Virtualisation
W is for WEEE
X is for Xmas
Y is for You
Z is for Zero emissions

The Queen mentioned the need to push on with incentives to curb climate change in this year's Queen's speech outlining the government's plans for the next parliamentary year, and said: "My government is committed to protecting the environment and to tackling climate change, both at home and abroad."

She added: "A bill will be brought forward to make the United Kingdom the first country in the world to introduce a legally binding framework to reduce carbon dioxide emissions."

The Queen also mentioned two other forms of legislation to up the UK's green ante.

She said: "My government will introduce legislation to provide clean, secure and affordable supplies of energy. There will be legislation to tackle congestion and improve public transport."

London already has Congestion Charge and Low Emission Zone schemes, with Transport for London awarding a contract to IBM to manage the systems that run the schemes in October of this year.