Summary

In accordance with the instructions and directives of WTSA-16 on Resolution 73, "Study Group 5 is to develop an appropriate Recommendation on ICTs, the environment and climate change issues within the mandate and competency of ITU T, including telecommunication networks used for monitoring and adapting to climate change", Supplement 44 to ITU-T L-series Recommendations identifies best practices and opportunities for new applications using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to foster environmental sustainability, identify appropriate actions and promote best practices towards implementing environmental friendly policies and practices.

Supplement 44 to ITU-T L-series Recommendation also includes a questionnaire that has been developed to gather relative information from stakeholders for use cases and key success factors, including exemplary collection of green best practices to ultimately formulate guidelines on best practices and environment friendly policies for effective ICT deployment methods.