Personal carbon card: prospects and challenges for ICT

International audienceThe carbon card is a generic notion which includes several categories of programmes aiming at limiting the environmental impact of the individuals. Carbon compensation cards and green loyalty cards are offered by the private sector and municipalities. Issuing a carbon credit card to all the eligible inhabitants of a country (personal quota system) is also considered. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the major role of ICT for implementing individual carbon card schemes. The different functions to be fulfilled by ICT are underlined from a detailed analysis of the way each scheme is electronically managed. This analysis enables to identify potential prospects for the ICT sector, as well as the technological challenges to take up