1. 5 th ITU Green Standards Week Nassau, The Bahamas 14-18 December 2015 How a well governed and managed ICT can help to address environmental challenges and sustainability Graciela Braga CGEIT, CPA gracielainesbraga@gmail.com

2. Main purpose of this Symposium and ICT Governance Raising awareness of the potential ICTs possess to address environmental challenges and to encourage stakeholders to integrate existing and emerging ICT-based solutions into their activities for an overall ‘smarter’ and more holistically ‘sustainable’ future for mankind.

3. Purpose and ICT Governance ICT’s Potential to address environmental challenges Encourage stakeholders to integrate existing and emerging ICT-based solutions into their activities for a smarter and sustainable future. Sour http://www.isaca.org/COBIT/Pages/Product- Family.aspx

4. ICT Governance & Management Source: ISACA’s COBIT 5

5. ICT Governance What are the environmental and sustainability principles that will guide the design of governance and decision-making of IT? What environmental and sustainability aspects constitute value and risk for stakeholders and for the enterprise/city? Are both current and future generation requirements considered? What is the extent of these aspects on IT-related issues? Are environmental and sustainability-related IT issues integrated in formal enterprise/city communications? Are stakeholders’ information requirements met?

6. ICT Management ICT compliance and support for business compliance with external laws and regulations and with internal policies and security of processing infrastructure Managed ICT-related business risk and delivery of ICT services in- line with business environmental and sustainability requirements IT agility to respond in a timely and efficient manner to a changing business environment Competent and motivated personnel Knowledge, expertise and initiatives for business innovation

7. Conclusion Climate change adaptation and Sustainability is a stakeholders needs and business/city requirements but more than anything is a human responsibility A well governed and managed ICT can ensures stakeholders identification, needs evaluation, business and ICT alignment, and ICT process with capacity of delivering outcomes even if the conditions are not the best.