Striving to achieve Cristina Bueti Advisor What does the future hold? 2 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 3 Smart Sustainable Cities Smart Water Management ITU-T’s environmental programme Develop international standards to protect the environment Assist countries to develop policies and implement standards on climate change adaptation and mitigation Help companies becoming more sustainable and socially responsible Research and development on areas which include e-waste, energy efficiency and smart sustainable cities. Raise awareness on role of ICT in tackling environmental challenges Using ICTs to protect the environment 5 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 6 700 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 7 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 8 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 11 195 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. Save the Date NOW 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 13 Symposium on E-waste Management Buenos Aires, Argentina Thank you ITU-T, Environment and Climate Change http://itu.int/go/tsg05 tsbsg5@itu.int