Shaping Smart
Sustainable Cities
Cristina Bueti, Adviser, ITU

Smart?
Inclusive?
Innovative?
Which Cities?
Sustainable?
Digital?
Creative?

A Glance from the Present to the Future
(Forecasts from 2010 to 2020 )
30.6
32
6.8
7.5
Global emissions of CO 2,
Gt
50.6
54.9
1
8
People living in cities,
Global population, billion people
Number of electric and
Produced output in hybrid cars globally,
740
1480 per cent
7
20 million cars
1.9
9.1
USD per ton CO 2 emitted
Share of renewable in the EU out of total energy production, per cent
Share of wind energy in the total electricity production globally

The Role of Green ICT Standards in
Shaping Smart Sustainable Cities
S tandardizing
M onitoring
A ccounting
R ethinking
T ransforming
Call to Action on
Smart Sustainable
Cities
Paris, France

Transforming tomorrow…
… smart thinking is here already!

Boston, USA
Dublin, Ireland
London, UK
Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
Turin, Italy
Tomorrow's cities, today's technologies
Songdo, Korea
Singapore
Masdar, UAE
Johannesburg, South Africa
Barcelona,
Spain
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil

Turin Roadmap: Towards a Planet of Smart
1. Defining: Smart sustainable cities.
Sustainable Cities
2. Engaging cities: Charter for Smart Sustainable Cities with measurable objectives.
3. Adopting a holistic approach: enhance cooperation among all relevant smart city stakeholders.
4. Standardizing: methodology for assessing the environmental impact of ICTs in cities in collaboration with relevant organisations and experts.
5. Developing: set of key performance indicators (KPIs)
6. Best practices and lessons learned: exchange platform of successful practices.
7. Behavioral change for sustainable development.
8. Advocacy: on-going dialogue on cities and smart sustainable city policies.
9. Measuring success: create pilot demonstration and business models
10. Mobilizing expertise: in relevant ITU Study Groups, and other groups as appropriate to pursue work in this important area.

What ITU does to shape Smart
Sustainable Cities…
ITU-T Study Group 5 Environment and Climate Change
Focus Group on Smart
Sustainable Cities
Focus Group on Smart Water
Management
Organized by ITU and Telefónica

Research & Development
• Demonstrate the potential
GHG abatement of “Greening by ICTs” solutions in Korea between
2011 and 2020;
• The methodology used is
Recommendation ITU-T

•
Moving forward on Smart Sustainable
Cities…
• 3 rd Meeting of the Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities – Lima, Peru, 6
December 2013
• ITU-T Study Group 5 meeting - Lima, Peru, 2-13 December 2013
• ITU/UNESCO Events on Smart Sustainable Cities – Montevideo, Uruguay, 11-
14 March 2014 Other ITU events…
• Greening the Future: Bridging the Standardization Gap on Environmental
Sustainability - Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-4 October 2013
• ITU/CITEL Workshop on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste -
Mendoza, Argentina, 9 October 2013
• Joint Coordination Activity on ICT and Climate Change – Lima, Peru, 5 December
2013
• Meeting of the Focus Group on Smart Water Management – Lima, Peru, 10
December 2013.

Envisioning a Sustainable Future…
• The role of international standards and policies is key.
• Smart sustainable city should be seen as a “System of Systems”.
• City leaders to partner effectively with other levels of governments,
ICT industry, NGOs, Universities, etc.

“Work for the good of the society of young people and the elderly”
22 July 2013, Pope Francis

Links & Additional Information
• ITU-T and climate change http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange
• ITU and climate change http://www.itu.int/climate
• ITU Symposia & Events on ICTs and Climate Change http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/climatechange
• Contact Cristina Bueti: greenstandard@itu.int

Thank you