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Striving to achieve
Cristina Bueti
Advisor
What does the future hold?
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What can be done?
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as satellites, mobile phones
or the Internet, are capable of playing a key role in addressing environmental global
challenges and sustainable development.
By raising awareness of ICT’s role in tackling environmental challenges including
climate change, ITU-T is promoting innovative ICT solutions to environmental
questions and is developing green ICT standards to support a sustainable future, in
areas such as:
Assessment of
environmental
impact of ICTs
Climate change
adaptation and
mitigation
Energy efficiency
E-waste
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Smart
Sustainable Cities
Smart Water
Management
ITU-T’s environmental programme
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Develop international standards to
protect the environment
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Assist countries to develop policies and
implement standards on climate change
adaptation and mitigation

Help companies becoming more
sustainable and socially responsible
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Research and development on areas
which include e-waste, energy efficiency and
smart sustainable cities.
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Raise awareness on role of ICT in tackling
environmental challenges
Using ICTs to protect the environment
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Connect 2020 Agenda
Environmental Sustainability Targets
Target 3.2: Volume of redundant e-waste
to be reduced by 50% by 2020
Target 3.3: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(GHG) generated by the
telecommunication/ICT sector to be
decreased per device by 30% by 2020
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700 million people in
43 countries are
Requirements
for water
sensing and
early warning
systems
Smart Water
Management
in Cities
suffering from water
stress and scarcity
1 billion people
without access to clean
water
ITU-T L Suppl.15 to ITU-T L.1500
ITU-T L Suppl.16 to ITU-T L.1500
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ICT
Equipment
and Energy
Efficiency
Green
Data
Centers
For example,
applying best
practices to cooling
could reduce the
energy consumption
of a typical data
centre by more than
50%.
ITU-T L.1300
ITU-T L.1301
ITU-T L.1302
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ITU-T L.1310
ITU-T L.1320
ITU-T L.1321
ITU-T L.1330
KPIs for SSC
International
Definition
By 2050, 70% of the
worlds population is
expected to live in urban
environments
Cities produce up to 70%
of global greenhouse gas
emissions
ITU-T L.1600 (draft)
ITU-T L.1601 (draft)
ITU-T L.1602 (draft)
ITU-T L Suppl.17 to ITU-T L.1600
ITU-T L Suppl.18 to ITU-T L.1600
Power
supply
series
Recycling
of rare
metals in
ICT
products
Circular
economy
A ton of gold ore yields just
5 g of gold, whereas a ton
of used mobile phones
yields a staggering 400 g.
ITU-T L.1000
ITU-T L.1001
ITU-T L.1002 (draft)
ITU-T L.1005
ITU-T L.1100
ITU-T L.1101
Adapting
information and
communication
technology
infrastructure
to the effects of
climate change
Methodologies
to assess the
environmental
impact of ICT
ITU-T L.1500
ITU-T L.1501
ITU-T L.1502
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195 countries
Keep warming
“well below 2°C”.
ITU-T L.1400
ITU-T L.1410
ITU-T L.1420
ITU-T L.1430
ITU-T L.1440
Towards WTSA-16
 Participation and political
commitment: promote the use of
ICTs to achieve the goals set by the
Paris Agreement & Connect 2020.
 Standardization: development and
implementation of international
standards to foster the integration
of ICTs in climate change mitigation
& adaptation strategies at
international, national and local
levels.
 Awareness and discussion:
recognize ICTs as key enabler to
tackle environmental challenges and
improve energy efficiency.
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Dates
Title
Venue
2 May 2016
UNECE-ITU Workshop on “Laying the foundation for SDGs: Role of Smart
Sustainable Cities”
Geneva, Switzerland
5 May 2016
ITU-UNIDO-ECLAC-Basel Convention-WHO-WIPO Workshop on Towards building
effective partnerships for sustainable management of E-waste
Geneva, Switzerland
11 – 12 May 2016
Joint Huawei-ITU Forum on "Building a Better Connected World, Making
Networks Greener"
Madrid, Spain
12 – 13 May 2016
Joint ISO-IEC-ITU Workshop on Internet of Things
Berlin, Germany
18 – 19 May 2016
ITU-UNECE Forum on “Shaping smarter and more sustainable cities: striving for
sustainable development goals”
Rome, Italy
13 July 2016
Joint ISO-IEC-ITU “World Smart City Forum”
Singapore
25 July 2016
Joint UNECE-ITU-WEF Forum on IoT and Smart Cities
Geneva, Switzerland
31 August – 1 September 2016*
Forum on IoT
Buenos Aires, Argentina
5 – 9 September 2016
6th ITU Green Standards Week
Montevideo, Uruguay
13 September
2016
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Symposium on E-waste Management
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thank you
ITU-T, Environment
and Climate Change
http://itu.int/go/tsg05
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