Striving to achieve Cristina Bueti Advisor

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What can be done? 3 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: Smart Water Management Assessment of environmental impact of ICTs Climate change adaptation and mitigation Energy efficiencyE-waste Smart Sustainable Cities

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

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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

7 Smart Water Management in Cities Requirements for water sensing and early warning systems 700 million people in 43 countries are suffering from water stress and scarcity 1 billion people without access to clean water ITU-T L Suppl.16 to ITU-T L.1500 ITU-T L Suppl.15 to ITU-T L.1500

8 Green Data Centers ICT Equipment and Energy Efficiency 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 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

A ton of gold ore yields just 5 g of gold, whereas a ton of used mobile phones yields a staggering 400 g. Power supply series Recycling of rare metals in ICT products Circular economy 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

11 Adapting information and communication technology infrastructure to the effects of climate change Methodologies to assess the environmental impact of ICT Keep warming “well below 2°C”. 195 countries ITU-T L.1500 ITU-T L.1501 ITU-T L.1502 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  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 13 DatesTitleVenue 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 2016Joint ISO-IEC-ITU Workshop on Internet of ThingsBerlin, Germany 18 – 19 May 2016 ITU-UNECE Forum on “Shaping smarter and more sustainable cities: striving for sustainable development goals” Rome, Italy 13 July 2016Joint ISO-IEC-ITU “World Smart City Forum”Singapore 25 July 2016Joint UNECE-ITU-WEF Forum on IoT and Smart CitiesGeneva, Switzerland 31 August – 1 September 2016*Forum on IoTBuenos Aires, Argentina 5 – 9 September 20166th ITU Green Standards WeekMontevideo, Uruguay 13 September 2016Symposium on E-waste ManagementBuenos Aires, Argentina

Thank you ITU-T, Environment and Climate Change