Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Principles   
 7     Guidance on how to use this Recommendation        
 8     Identification of ICT solutions and sectors   
 9     Overall assessment procedure         
10     General guidance on ICT solution assessment          
       10.1     Define the goal of the assessment     
       10.2     Scoping         
       10.3     Modelling, data collection and calculation      
       10.4     Interpretation of results         
       10.5     Reporting     
       10.6     Critical review            
11     Assessment of the effect of specific ICT solution(s) implemented in a specific context            
12     Assessment of the effect of ICT solution(s) implemented at different scales
13     Assessment of the effect of ICT solution(s) from the perspective of an organization contributing to the ICT solution    
       13.1     Identification of ICT solution(s)           
       13.2     Allocation between organizations      
       13.3     Assessment of the contribution of an ICT solution from the perspective of an ICT solution provider    
Annex A – A non-exhaustive list of ICT solutions which could potentially  enable reduction in GHG emissions    
Annex B – Establishing the scenarios    
        B.1     The use of hypotheses in assessments              
        B.1     Building the usage scenarios 
Appendix I – Other methodologies    
Appendix II – Checklist to support the identification of first, second and higher order effects    
       II.1     Introduction  
       II.2     Identification of first order effects       
       II.3     Identification of second order effects 
       II.4     Summary: Checklist to consider for the identification of first and second order effects 
       II.5     Identification of higher order effects  
Appendix III – Consideration of direct rebound and induction    
Appendix IV – Guidance for assessing the GHG emissions consequences of the financial effects generated by an ICT solution    
       IV.1     Introduction 
       IV.2     Overview of the proposed methodology         
       IV.3     Method for evaluating the carbon impact of financial gains generated by the implementation of an ICT solution    
       IV.4     Use of the method to calculate the effects over several years of the implementation of an ICT solution    
Appendix V – Allocation between actors    
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