ICTs and e-Environment
 The impact of human activities on the environment
– and on climate change in particular – are issues of growing concern
confronting life on Earth. Concurrently, information and communication
technologies (ICTs) are being rapidly deployed around the world.
Although ICTs require energy resources, they also offer opportunities to
monitor, learn about and protect the environment, reduce carbon
emissions, and mitigate climate change.
ITU initiated a bold new work programme in 2008 with its strategy on
ICTs and climate change, to ensure that the vital role of ICTs is taken into account in global strategies to address climate change. As part of this strategy, ITU-D Programme 3 is developing reports, toolkits and educational material to raise awareness among its Member States on climate change and the role ICTs can play in combating it.
The activities of
Programme 3 (Doha, 2006) in the broad area of ICT
Applications includes promoting and implementing e-Services and
e-Applications (e.g., e-Government, e-Business,
e-Learning, e-Health,
e-Employment, e-Environment,
e-Agriculture, e-Science, etc.) in developing countries.
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Following its mandate to develop practical tools for Member States, ITU
has developed an E-Environment Toolkit that will provide policymakers
principles and guidelines for the development and deployment of electronic
applications and services in the area of the environment. The objective of the
initial module of the Toolkit is to help countries to assess the potential
contribution that ICTs can make to reduce energy consumption and green house gas
(GHG) emissions and to support Member States in the evaluation of their current
capacities, the identification of needs and definition of priorities, as a basis
for the development of national e-Environment and e-sustainability strategies
and action plan for climate change and sustainable development.
ICTs for
e-Environment- Guidelines for Developing Countries, With a Focus on Climate Change
