Moving the climate agenda forward through green ICTs
ITU organized the Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change on 29-31 May 2012 in Montreal, Canada.
The event was co-organized with the government of Canada and will be hosted by Prompt. This
was the seventh symposium on climate change following successful events held between 2008 and 2011 in Kyoto, London, Quito, Seoul, Cairo and Accra.
The main purpose of the event was to move the agenda forward on using ICTs to monitor climate change, mitigate and adapt to its effects and, in this light, identify future requirements for ITU’s related work – including standardization of ICT equipment and networks as well as development activities. (see Resolution 182 (Guadalajara, 2010), Resolution 66 (Hyderabad, 2010) and Resolution 73 (Johannesburg, 2008)).
The symposium in Montreal focused on the issue of ICTs, the environment and climate change in the world and the needs for the use of ICTs to promote environmental sustainability. Topics discussed included mitigation and adaptation to climate change, e-waste management, disaster preparedness and emergency communications, cost-effective ICT technologies, methodologies for the environmental impact assessment of ICTs, challenges and opportunities in the transition to a green and resource efficient economy, among others.
The symposium concluded with the Montreal Declaration which identifies possible goals, commitments and modalities of ICT sector commitments to be developed in the process leading to the 2012 ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-12) and United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD 2012 or Rio+20), strengthening at the same time the collaboration between the ICT and environmental communities.
The symposium brought together leading specialists in the field, from top policy-makers to engineers, designers, planners, government officials, regulators, standards experts and others.
Outcome of the 7th Symposium: Montreal Declaration: [ English | Français ]
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General Information
Dates: 29 - 31 May 2012
Venue: Montreal, Canada
Remote participation was provided
Discussion was held in English
Interpretation was provided in French
Practical Information (including accommodation, transportation and visa requirements)
Contact person for an invitation letter or visa supporting letter: Ms Louise Roderick
Tel: +1 613 998 9489
Fax: +1 613 998 4530
E-mail: Louise.Roderick@ic.gc.ca
As the steward of the global framework for spectrum, ITU’s Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R)
allocates the necessary radio-frequency spectrum/satellite orbits and develops standards for operation of
all wireless systems including those involved in climate monitoring and climate change prediction
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ITU's Telecommunication
Standardization Sector (ITU-T) develops
standards that are used, for instance,
in promoting energy efficiency, safe
disposal and recycling of
telecommunication/ICT equipment, and
next-generation networks.
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ITU's Telecommunication Development Sector
(ITU-D)
works on promoting a role for ICTs in the
protection of the environment in its e-Environment
and e-Sustainability programmes.
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The General Secretariat coordinates ITU efforts and for example actively
participates in the work of the UN Chief Executives Board and its subsidiary
bodies on developing a unified and collaborative UN strategy to combat climate change,
including a matrix on activities of each agency and program.
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WSIS ICT
Success Stories highlight some of
the ongoing and successful ICT development
projects in the field of e-Environment taking
place around the world.
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More information about ITU’s activities on ICT and Climate Change can be found here.
Our reference site
provides links to external resources:
background papers, additional information,
statistics, and examples, that cover the
positive and negative impact that ICTs have
on the climate.
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