New structure of ITU-T for ICT&CC (SG5 & JCA-ICT&CC) Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14 DOCUMENT #: GSC14-PLEN-055 FOR: Presentation SOURCE: TTC AGENDA ITEM: 6.8 ICT & the Environment CONTACT(S): Yoh SOMEMURA New structure of ITU-T for ICT&CC (SG5 & JCA-ICT&CC) Yoh SOMEMURA The Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) as Prime PSO for ICT & Environment Geneva, 13–16 July, 2009

Establishment of new SG5 & JCA TSAG of ITU-T, in April 2009, received reports from FG-ICT&CC and approved the establishment of a new SG5 on “Environment and Climate Change” and a new Joint Coordination Activity (JCA) on ICT&CC. In the future, study items closely related to those covered by existing SGs will be assigned to the existing Questions under the respective SGs. Geneva, 13–16 July, 2009

Establishment of WP3 in ITU-T SG5 relating to ICT&CC SG5 of ITU-T, in May 2009, approved the Questions of Working Party 3 as follows: (1) Q17/5: Coordination and planning of ICT&CC- related standardization; (2) Q18/5: Methodology of environmental impact assessment of ICT; (3) Q19/5: Power feeding systems; (4) Q20/5: Data collection for energy efficiency of ICTs over their lifecycles; (5) Q21/5: Environmental protection and recycling of ICT equipment/facilities. Geneva, 13–16 July, 2009

Strategic Collaborative Direction in GSC (proposed) Encourage PSOs to contribute to ITU-T initiatives on ICT and climate change to standardize energy-saving ICT systems and methodologies for analyzing, evaluating, and quantifying GHG reductions that may be achieved through ICT use to actively participate in standardization work in WP3/SG5 to produce recommendations on ICTs and climate change Geneva, 13–16 July, 2009

Next Steps/Actions of TTC in Support of ITU-T Initiatives At a new WP3/SG5 meeting of ITU-T, TTC will actively contribute to discussions on standardizing a methodology for evaluating the energy-saving impact of ICT services in collaboration with other PSOs. Future TTC Contribution Propose a methodology and power feeding, etc. Support management and operation of WP3/SG5. Liaise with other related organizations. Geneva, 13–16 July, 2009

Thank you for your Attention This is the last slide. The next Focus Group meeting will be held from the 25th to 28th in Geneva this month. Remote participation is possible through this URL. That concludes my presentation. Thank you for your attention. Geneva, 13–16 July, 2009