| The case of Korea: the quantification of GHG reduction effects achieved by ICTs |
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The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the potential GHG reductions by ICT services, estimate the reduced volume of GHG, and identify major ICT GHG reduction enablers in Korea. This report follows the methodology described in ITU-T Recommendation L.1410 and comprises a review of more than 30 ICT services through a literature study and global benchmarking. |
April 2013 |
| Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector |
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The Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability for the ICT sector is an ITU-T initiative which provides plenty of detailed support on how ICT companies can build sustainability into the operations and management of their organizations, through the practical application of international standards and guidelines. |
September 2012 |
| Sustainable ICT in Corporate Organizations |
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This document focuses on the main sustainability issues companies face in using ICT products and services in their own organizations across four main ICT areas: data centers, desktop infrastructure, telecommunications networks and broadcasting services. |
September 2012 |
| Sustainable Products |
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This document provides technical guidance on environmentally conscious design principles and best practices, covering development and manufacture, through to end-of-life treatment. |
September 2012 |
| Sustainable Buildings |
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This document provides technical guidance on environmentally conscious design, maintenance, repair and operating principles and best practices from construction through to lifetime use and de-commissioning. |
September 2012 |
| End of Life Management for ICT Equipment |
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This document covers the various End-of-Life (EOL) stages, and their accompanying legislation. It also provides support in creating a framework for environmentally-sound management of EOL ICT equipment. |
September 2012 |
| General Specifications and KPIs |
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This document focuses on matching environmental KPIs to an organization’s specific business strategy targets, as well as the construction of standardized process to make sure the KPI data is as useful as possible to management. |
September 2012 |
| Assessment Framework for Environmental Impacts of the ICT Sector |
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This document explores how the various standards and guidelines can be mapped so that an organization can create a sustainability framework that is relevant to its own business objectives and desired sustainability performance. |
September 2012 |
| Greening ICT Supply Chains – Survey on Conflict Minerals Due Diligence Initiatives |
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This survey details and assesses the existing conflict minerals supply chain due diligence initiatives (incorporating national and international legislation, as well as industry-, government- and multi-stakeholder led schemes) that address the management of the broader spectrum of sustainability issues present in conflict minerals supply chains, with a particular focus on the management of environmental impacts. |
September 2012 |
| An Energy-aware Survey on ICT Device Power Supplies |
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This survey reports the results of a wide analysis performed on a large set of commercially available external power supplies (more than 300 devices verified and more than 200 electrically measured) to assist the standardization activities within ITU-T Study Group 5 (SG5) (Recommendation ITU-T L.1001). Mechanical, electrical and environmental characteristics have been evaluated; correlation and statistics have also been developed. |
September 2012 |
| Review of Mobile Handset Eco-Rating Schemes |
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This report provides with an overview of eco-rating schemes developed by the mobile handset industry to communicate the sustainability performance of their products to consumers. |
September 2012 |
| Guidance on Green ICT Procurement |
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This Guidance provides directions to ICT companies to promote effective procurement practices with suppliers and customers, and to implement consideration for greater awareness of environmental issues in their business transactions. |
September 2012 |
| Boosting Energy Efficiency through Smart Grids |
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This report discusses the role of ICT in the smart grid with a view of energy efficiency, with the ultimate goal of hindering climate changes. |
September 2012 |
| Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Information & Communications Technologies (ICTs): the Case of Ghana |
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This report focuses on exploring an increasingly important question: “How can developing countries effectively integrate ICT tools within climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies?”
The contribution of this report is two-fold. It presents the potential of ICTs towards adaptation and mitigation through the concrete case of Ghana, illustrating the challenges and opportunities faced by developing countries in this field. |
September 2012 |
| Using submarine cables for climate monitoring and disaster warning: Opportunities and legal challenges |
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Recognizing the newness of such uses of undersea telecommunications cables and the complexity of national and international legal-regulatory regimes, this report examines opportunities and legal challenges arising from dual-purpose telecom-marine data cables for ocean and climate monitoring and disaster warning. |
July 2012 |
| Using submarine cables for climate monitoring and disaster warning: Strategy and roadmap |
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This report presents a strategy and roadmap to move forward this vision of incorporating sensors into submarine cables. Nowadays, submarine telecommunication cables that traverse oceans transmit the global Internet, but are deaf, dumb and blind to their ocean environment around them. A future is envisioned when telecommunication companies integrate ocean-observing sensors within their submarine cable systems. This new sensory data would crucially advance our knowledge in monitoring global climate change and tsunamis in the deep ocean. |
July 2012 |
| Using submarine cables for climate monitoring and disaster warning: Engineering Feasibility Study |
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This report investigates technical feasibility of modifying repeaters to support science instruments for incorporation into commercial telecom cables systems. Allowing and improving long term measurement and data collection, a “Green Repeater" equipped with science instruments will indeed contribute to the effort of better understanding the oceans and the changing climate. |
July 2012 |