Table of Contents - L.1480 (07/2025) - Enabling the Net Zero transition – Assessing how the use of information and communication technology solutions impacts greenhouse gas emissions of other sectors

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	Assessment types
7	Principles
8	Guidance on how to use the present Recommendation
9	Identification of ICT solutions and sectors
10	Overall assessment procedure
11	General guidance on ICT solution assessment
	11.1	Define the goal of the assessment
	11.2	Scoping
	11.3	Modelling, data collection and calculation
	11.4	Interpretation of results
	11.5	Reporting
	11.6	Critical review
12	Assessment of the effect of specific ICT solution(s) implemented in a specific context
13	Assessment of the effect of ICT solution(s) implemented at different scales
14	Assessment of the effect of ICT solution(s) from the perspective of an organization contributing to the ICT solution
	14.1	General
	14.2	Identification of ICT solution(s)
	14.3	Allocation between organizations
	14.4	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.2	Building the usage scenarios
Appendix I – Other methodologies
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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 the use of an ICT solution
	IV.1	Scope
	IV.2	Overview of the proposed methodology
	IV.3	Methodology for assessing the consequences in GHG emissions of financial effects generated by ICT
Appendix V – Allocation between actors
Appendix VI – Tier 1 example of the application of the steps in the evaluation methodology described in this ITU-T Recommendation, to a case study of expanding teleworking through the use of a remote collaborative working solution
	VI.1	Introduction
	VI.2	Context of the study case
	VI.3	Step 1: Define the goal of the assessment
	VI.4	Step 2: Scoping
	VI.5	Step 3: Modelling, data collection and calculation
	VI.6	Step 4: Interpretation of results
	VI.7	Step 5: Reporting
	VI.8	Step 6: Critical review
Appendix VII – Tier 3 example of the application of the steps in the assessment methodology described in this Recommendation, to an ex-ante case study of a project of implementing monitoring of bolts for windfarms.
	VII.1	Introduction
	VII.2	Context of the study case
	VII.3	Step 1: Define the goal of the assessment
	VII.4	Step 2: Scoping
	VII.5	Step 3: Modelling, data collection and calculation
	VII.6	Step 4: Interpretation of results
	VII.7	Step 5: Reporting
	VII.8	Step 6: Critical review
	VII.9	References for Appendix VII
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