DOCUMENT #:
GSC13-PLEN-19
FOR:
Presentation
SOURCE:
TTA
AGENDA ITEM:
Plenary; 6.9; ICT and the Environment
CONTACT(S):
Dr. Byoung-moon Chin, bmchin@tta.or.kr
Status of ICT and the Environment
in Korea
Submission Date:
June 30, 2008
Highlight of Current Activities :
Global Warming
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
– Increased by 70% since 1970
• Growth of global warming
Korea
1.5°C
Global
1906
Total Greenhouse Gases
(Source : IPCC (WG 3 contribution to 4th
assessment report))
0.76 °C
2005
< Average temperature change>
– The global average temperature has risen by 0.76°C over the past 100 years
– The Korea average temperature has risen by around 1.54°C since 1900
• Impacts of ICTs on Environment
– ICTs contribute an estimated around 2.5%
of global Greenhouse Gas emissions
– If indirect energy use is included,
it amounts to 14%
[Greenhouse Gas Emissions from ICT]
Source: Gartner Group (2007)
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Strategic Direction :
ICTs to the rescue?
Source: Chairman’s Report,
ITU/MIC Kyoto Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change 15-16 April 2008
• The use of ICTs can help reduce GHG(GreenHouse Gas) emissions
indirectly through their application in other sectors of the economy
– Whereas the reduction of GHG emissions of ICT itself is also noted for
careful consideration
• To promote the best use of ICTs, the following points were
recognized:
– the positive economic benefits for the ICT sector that can be gained through
an environmentally friendly approach to business;
– the need for exchange of views/information on policy development at national,
regional, and global levels;
– the establishment of common approaches at the international levels to
evaluate CO2 emissions;
– the development of policies to create an appropriate incentive mechanism;
– the importance of awareness and pro-environmental behaviour of individual
ICT users
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Challenges in Korea
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
– 10 countries cause more than 60 % of global CO2 emissions
– Korea will join the Kyoto Protocol on the compulsory burden of reducing
greenhouse gas during the second public commitment period (2013~2017)
< World map: Climate Change Performance Index 2008>
Source : GermanWatch, The Climate Change
Performance Index 2008
< CO2 emissions Top10>
Source : GermanWatch, The Climate Change
Performance Index 2008
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Next Steps/Actions(1) :
Policies on ICT & the Environment in Korea
• Master plan for u-Korea (MIC, ’06.3)
− Best use of ICT and applications to reduce CO2 emission
− Using RFID/USN, biosensor, T-DMB, WiBro, GIS, ITS to gain real time
information about the environment
 Low-carbon Society
• Master plan for u-City (MIC, ’06.12)
− Monitoring the city’s atmosphere, quality of water, soil in real time and
control the city’s environment
− Reducing CO2 emission and saving resources
 Low-carbon City
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Next Steps/Actions(2) :
TTA’s Approach to ICT & the Environment
• Development of Standards for Resource Saving
− Mobile phone charger with 24 pins :
In December 2001, TTA developed charger standard
which has decreased waste disposal of chargers
 Estimated resource saving : $ 35 Million per year
− Recently it has been revised into 20 pins charger
for accommodating the multimedia functions(’07.11)
• The standardization plan for ICT-driven Inter-Industry
Convergence (TTA, ’07.9)
− The more introduction of ICT into various industrial areas.
− 10 major standardization areas for IIC
 u-health, u-transportation, u-education, u-home, u-environment, u-disaster,
u-defense, u-logistic, u-finance, u-entertainment
− Early 2008 : TTA has launched u-health Project Group and several JWGs
to develop standards in 10 IIC areas
• TTA will continue to support ITU Activities, especially
RFID/USN, for solving Environment problem
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