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Technology to Help Fight Poverty in Asia and the Pacific

Regional leaders gathered in Delhi last week for the 46th Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) to discuss how to reduce poverty, increase economic opportunities and promote sustainable growth in Asia Pacific.
07 May 2013 | Frank McCosker, Managing Director, Multilateral and Bilateral Organisations, Public Sector

Using social networking to protect the planet

Earth Hour brings the world together for one hour each year to raise awareness about climate change. With a staff of eight and a movement that reaches hundreds of millions globally, learn how the campaign uses Yammer to organize worldwide.
18 March 2013 | Brad Coughlan, National Government Industry Manager, Microsoft Australia

City governments take lead on reducing energy consumption

As the notion of environmental quality becomes more global, cities share in the responsibility of minimizing global pollution. Learn how cities are embracing technology to reduce their environmental impact and realize cost savings in the process.
04 March 2013 | Bill Mitchel, Senior Director for Microsoft’s World Wide Public Sector team

Going carbon neutral and putting an internal price on carbon

Find out about Microsoft’s latest commitment to reduce its impact on the environment.
03 July 2012 | Michele Bedford Thistle, Marketing Manager, Worldwide Public Sector

Looking at software that can help you save on energy consumption

Learn how your organization can save on its energy consumption - and spending - by making your buildings more energy smart.
12 January 2012 | Michele Bedford Thistle, Marketing Manager, Worldwide Public Sector

Making cities energy smart

Learn how your city can leverage cloud computing to become more energy smart, and address the challenges of managing a smarter grid.
19 December 2011 | Eric Basha, Managing Director, Cities

Empowering and enabling citizen engagement through access to environmental data

Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Strategist, Rob Bernard, is in South Africa right now at the 17th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17). Find out what remarkable solutions are being unveiled there.
01 December 2011 | Michele Bedford Thistle, Marketing Manager, Worldwide Public Sector

Microsoft partner solutions with environmental benefits

Find out how some Microsoft partners are building brilliant solutions for more energy-efficient cities.
17 November 2011 | Per Bendix Olsen, Senior Director, Partners, Public Sector, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa

How major cities across the globe are tackling climate change

Learn about an insightful new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and Microsoft resources to illustrate how cloud computing and powerful analytics help make cities energy-smart.
15 November 2011 | Michele Bedford Thistle, Marketing Manager, Worldwide Public Sector

The IT energy efficiency imperative and what it means for government

The IT Energy Efficiency Imperative white paper provides guidance to help your agency improve the efficiency of its IT resources.
08 November 2011 | Gordon McKenzie, Government Solutions Lead, Worldwide Public Sector

Energy-smart buildings: Using powerful analytics to reduce environmental impact

I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Josh Henretig (Director, Environmental Sustainability, Microsoft) about the smart building project launched to help Microsoft reduce carbon emissions per unit of revenue by at least 30 percent by 2012.
25 October 2011 | Michele Bedford Thistle, Marketing Manager, Worldwide Public Sector