5th ITU Green Standards Week
Nassau, The Bahamas 14-18 December 2015
ITU-R studies on Climate Change
Vadim Nozdrin,
Study Group Counselor,
Radiocommunication Bureau,
International Telecommunication Union
ITU-R Publication Web-page
http://www.itu.int/en/publications/ITU-R/Pages/default.aspx
ITU-R study highlights
• presentations of
meteorological systems
• an overview and discussion
of technical and operational
characteristics:
 the RF bands employed
 the criteria of harmful
interference
• the impact of weather data
degradation or loss on public
safety
ITU-R study highlights
• extensive overview of the use of spectrum by Earth
observation radiocommunication applications and
related science services
 1400- 1427 МГц-ocean salinity
• considerable societal weight and economic benefits of
spectrum use for Earth observation
 WMO- rate of return 1 to 10
 90’s, an efficient warning system could have decreased
the economic impact of natural disasters by
240 billions US $
• Economic benefits of solar monitoring
 March 1989, impact of the major power outage in US
and Canada about 10 billion US $.
• Economic benefits of radio astronomy
 Geodesy, computer language FORTH, Wi-Fi, navigation,
radio receiver and antenna
 Computed Tomography
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ITU-R study highlights
• Guidelines on the provision of
satellite-provided remote sensing
data for the purpose of studying
climate change
• Summary of status of major climate
variables and forcing factors
• Protection of science service
spectrum
• SFCG Disaster Management Database
https://www.sfcgonline.org/Remote%20Sensing/default.aspx
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Future ITU-R studies
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ITU-R Res. 55 “ITU-R studies of disaster prediction, detection, mitigation and
relief”
 new emerging technologies which could support disaster prediction, detection, mitigation and
relief,
 guidelines related to the management of radiocommunications
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ITU-R Res.60 “ Reduction of energy consumption for environmental protection and
mitigating climate change by use of ICT/radiocommunication technologies and
systems”
 best practices in place to reduce energy consumption
 development and use of radio systems or applications which can support reduction of energy
consumption in non-radiocommunication sectors
 systems for monitoring the environment and predicting climate change
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Res. COM 6/5 (WRC-15) Space weather sensors
Protection of space science bands
Intelligent road, railway, maritime and air transport system: safety of life, enavigation and traffic management
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Example: traffic congestion costs in Germany-33 mln liters of wasted fuel/day
http://www.invent-online.de
BR Climate Change portal
http://www.itu.int/net/ITUR/index.asp?category=inform
ation&rlink=climatechange&lang=en
Questions?