The third meeting of ITU-T Study Group 5 “EMF, environment, climate action, sustainable digitalization and circular economy” in the 2022–2024 study period, convened by TSB Collective letter 5, took place in Sophia Antipolis, France, from 13 to 23 June 2023. The meeting was hosted by ETSI and was collocated with the meeting of the ETSI Technical Committee on Environmental Engineering held from 12 to 16 June 2023.

Remote ​participation was provided for all sessions.

The ITU-T SG5 meeting was chaired by Mr Dominique Würges (France), Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 5, and supported by the following Vice-Chairmen: Jean Manuel Canet (France), Beniamino Gorini (Nokia Corporation, Finland), Byung Chan Kim (Korea (Rep. of), Shuguang Qi (China), Kazuhiro Takaya (NTT Corporation, Japan) and, Nevine Tewfik (Egypt).

In memoriam of Mr Mick Maytum, ITU-T SG5 WP1/5 Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur who passed away in January 2023, a minute’s silence was held. The obituary page is available here​.​

Main discussions and results

At its meeting held in Sophia Antipolis from 13 to 23 June 2023, ITU-T Study Group 5 achieved the following outcomes: 

ITU-T Rec. Num​​ber	​Title	Question	TD
None

Recommendations Consented by SG5 for Last Call (AAP - Recommendation A.8)​

 R​evised Recommendations

ITU-T Rec. Num​ber	Title	Question	TD
K.143	​Guidance on safety relating to the use of surge protective devices and surge protective components in telecommunication terminal equipment	Q2/5	TD875-R1
K.60	Emission levels and test methods for wireline telecommunication networks to minimize electromagnetic disturbance of radio services	Q4/5	TD911​​
​​K.93​	Immunity of home network devices to electromagnetic disturbances	Q4/5	TD908​
L.1023	​Assessment method for circular scoring	Q7/5	​TD847-R1​
L.1471​	Guidance and criteria for information and communication technology organizations on setting Net Zero targets and strategies	Q9/5	TD961-R1​​​

New Recommendations

ITU-T Rec. Number	Work item or provisional name	Title	Question	TD
K.153​	​K.zones​​	​Guidance on Determining the Compliance Boundaries (the exclusion zone) of radio transmitter installations	Q3/5​	TD853-R1​​
L.1326​	L.BBU	​Requirements and use cases of liquid cooling solutions and high energy efficiency solutions for 5G BBU in Centralized-RAN mode	Q6/5	TD864-R4  A.5 TD887-R1
L.1027	L.ME_DIS	​Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy) part 5- server and data storage product disassembly and disassembly instruction”	Q7/5	TD793-R1​
L.1070	L.GDSPP	Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to achieve a circular economy	Q7/5	TD867-R3​​
L.1241	L.PSU_for server​	Methodologies for evaluating the functionality and performance of power supply unit configured for servers​	Q11/5	TD850-R3​  A.5 - T​D952​
L.1631	L.FIMS​	Reference model of firefighting infrastructure management system for buildings in sustainable cities	Q13/5	TD861-R1​​

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Agreed informative texts

Document	Work item or provisional name​​	Title	Question	TD
K.Suppl.32	K.Suppl.32	Case studies of radio frequency - electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) assessment	Q3/5	TD857-R4​
L.Suppl.57	L.Supple.Scope3Operators	​Guidance for assessment of Scope 3 emissions for operators	Q9/5	TD934-R1

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New work items​

Work item	Title	Question	TD
K.20_Revision	Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in a telecommunication centre to overvoltages and overcurrent	Q2/5	TD877-R1​​
K.21_Revision	​Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in customer premises to overvoltages and overcurrents	Q2/5	TD876-R1​
K.44Imp	Guide on the use of the overvoltage resistibility for Recommendations ITU-T K.20, K.21 and K.45	Q2/5	TD884-R1
K.113_Revision	Generation of radio-frequency electromagnetic field level maps	Q3/5	TD859​
K.AI&EMF	EMF evaluation method using artificial intelligence in vicinity of 5G NR (IMT-2020) base station	Q3/5	TD860-R4​
K.Suppl.MethDataEMF	Guidance on Methodologies for RF-EMF Assessments and Responding to Public Concerns regarding human exposure to RF-EMF from Telecommunication Installations	Q3/5	TD871-R1​
K.93_Revision	Immunity of home network devices to electromagnetic disturbances	Q4/5	TD907-R1​
K.EMC_satellite​	Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and test methods for satellite communication terminal equipment	Q4/5	TD927-R1
K.38_Revision	Radiated emission test procedure for physically large systems	Q4/5	TD933​
K.37_Revision	Low and high frequency EMC mitigation techniques for telecommunication installations and systems - Basic EMC Recommendation	Q4/5	TD947
L.fra_cooling	​Functional Requirements and Adoption of Cooling Technology for ICT installation	Q6/5	TD854-R1​
L.MM_DC​	Energy Efficiency Metric and Measurement Methodology for Data Centers and Telecommunication Rooms	Q6/5	TD855-R1​
L.MCI_Bat	​​Monitoring and Control Interface for Infrastructure Equipment (Power, Cooling and Building Environment Systems used in Telecommunication Networks) - Battery system with integrated control and monitoring information model	Q6/5	TD881-R3​
L.FNEE	Assessment of Fixed Network Energy Efficiency	Q6/5	TD885-R3​
L.IEDL	Energy saving strategy for deep learning computing	Q6/5	TD886-R1
L.EEIoT	Energy Efficiency for Intelligent Internet of Things Platform	Q6/5	TD904-R1​
L.thermal_DC	Multi-level metrics for thermal environment and thermal performance of Data Centre	Q6/5	TD940-R1
L.UFCS	​Universal Fast Charging Solution for mobile terminals	Q7/5	TD851-R2
L.UPR10	Estimating global warming potential impact from ICT product lifetime-extension	Q7/5	TD852-R3​
L. UPCSW	​​Universal power adapter for smart watches and smart bands	Q7/5	TD865-R1​
L.Suppl.Scope3_DC	​Scope 3 guidance for Data centre operators	Q9/5	TD920-R1​
L.1450rev	​Methodologies for the assessment of the environmental impact of the information and communication technology sector	Q9/5	TD922-R1
L.1480rev	​Enabling the Net Zero transition: Assessing how the use of ICT solutions impact greenhouse gas emissions of other sectors	Q9/5	TD921-R1
Supp to L.1700	​Low-cost sustainable telecommunication for rural communications in developing countries enabling SIP based voice calling on WLAN/Wi-Fi​	Q12/5	TD905-R2​
L.SMART	Impact assessment framework for evaluating how ICT-based subsea infrastructure could support climate, environmental and biodiversity monitoring in the oceans	Q12/5	TD880-R1
L.Ident	Identification method for equipment at the building infrastructure in the sustainable city	Q13/5	TD913​

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​Contributions
The full list of Contributions can be found in TD647​.

Reports of Q8/5 and Working Parties
Q8/5 - Guides and terminology on environment​
The draft Report of Q8/5 can be found in TD674-R1.

Working Parties Meeting

• The draft Report of Working Party 1/5 can be found in TD666-R2.​
• The draft Report of Working Party 2/5 can be found in TD671-R3.
• The draft Report of Working Party 3/5 can be found in TD676-R2.​
  

Detailed reports of the question sessions are developed in Annex A.

Session on SG5 WTSA-24 preparation

• C319-R1 on Creation of an Ad-Hoc Group to prepare input argument to WTSA for next study period, submitted by Telefon AB-LM Ericsson (Sweden). This document was allocated to this session by decision of the Opening Plenary. ​
  
• TD804 on LS/i on status of the implementation of the action plan for analysis of ITU-T structural alternatives [from TSAG].
  

Action plans for implementation of WTSA-20 Resolutions 72, 73 and 79 (Rev. Geneva, 2022) (Human exposure to EMF, environment, climate change and circular economy, and e-waste) ​​ ​
TD831-R1contains the “Action Plan” for the implementation of WTSA-20 Resolutions 72, 73 and Resolution 79 (Geneva, 2022) (Human exposure to EMF, environment, climate change, and circular economy and e-waste). This document was updated during the meeting.  

Updates on Focus Group on metaverse with special focus on Working Group 8 on Sustainability, Accessibility & Inclusion​​

The first meeting of the Focus group on metaverse took place from 8–9 March 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the first meeting eight working groups were created including a Working Group on Sustainability, Accessibility and Inclusion.

During the SG5 opening plenary, an update was provided on the work of WG8 related to activities carried out in the Task Group on sustainability. This TG is currently working on a deliverable on “Guidance on green and low carbon development of metaverse”. More information is available in TD833.

A meeting of Working Group 8 was held on 16 June 2023.
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​​The second meeting of the Focus Group on metaverse​ is scheduled for 4–6 July 2023, in Shanghai, China.​

ITU-T SG5 Regional Groups

• ITU-T Regional Group for Africa (SG5RG-AFR)
  
  The ITU-T SG5RG-AFR met on 15–17 May 2023, in Kampala, Uganda. The SG5RG-AFR Chairman presented the report as contained in TD814. The SG5RG-AFR Chairman also presented TD812 - Proposed revision to Terms of Reference of SG5RG-AFR and requested approval of this revised ToR. No comments were raised and the SG5RG-AFR ToR was approved as contained in TD812. The next SG5RG-AFR meeting will take place in 2024. 
  
• ITU-T Regional Group for Asia and the Pacific (SG5RG-AP)
  
  The ITU-T SG5RG-AP met virtual on 25 May 2023. The SG5RG-AP Chairman presented the report as contained in TD817​. The next SG5RG-AP meeting will take place on 11 and 12 September in Bangkok, Thailand.  
  
• ITU-T Regional Group for the Arab Region (SG5RG-ARB)
  
  The ITU-T SG5RG-ARB meeting was planned to take place on 16–18 May 2023. Due to unexpected circumstances, the meeting was postponed until a later date. Once the new date is confirmed, the information will be available on the SG5RG-ARB website.  
  
• ITU-T Regional Group for Latin America (SG5RG-LATAM)​
  
  The next meeting of the SG5RG-LATAM is planned to be held in 2023. Once a confirmed date is available the information will be available on the SG5RG-LATAM website.  
  

Joint plenary between ITU-T SG5 and ETSI TC EE​

Collaboration matters and Information Sharing​​​

​Working Party 1/5 - EMC, lightning protection, EMF

Q1/5: Electrical protection, reliability, safety, and security of ICT systems 

Q2/5: Protecting equipment and devices against lightning and other electrical events

• It was decided to open four work items, namely:
  
• TD823R1 K.147_Revision “Protection of networked information technology equipment”.
  
• TD877 K.20_Revision “Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in a telecommunication centre to overvoltages and overcurrents”. 
  
• TD876 K.21_Revison “Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in customer premises to overvoltages and overcurrents”. 
• TD884R1 K.44Imp Implementer's guide “Guide on the use of the overvoltage resistibility for Recommendations ITU-T K.20, K.21 and K.45".​
• ​One draft Recommendation was submitted for consent, namely:
  
• ​​TD875-R1 Draft revision of K.143 “Guidance on safety relating to the use of surge protective devices and surge protective components in telecommunication terminal equipment”. 
  
• One draft Recommendation was submitted for additional review, namely:
  
• TD873R2 Draft revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.147 “Protection of digital ports connected to balanced pairs of conductors” 
  Note 1: The title of the Recommendation has been changed from the one in force according to the discussion in Q2. 
  Note 2: The submission of this draft Recommendation to additional review accompanies the comment list with Q2 consensus as TD872R1.
  
• Two liaison Statements were reviewed, namely:
  
• TD717​ LS/i/r on IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group reply on K.147 (reply to SG5-LS13) [from IEEE 802.3 Ethernet WG], and the reply was sent to WP1 Plenary, TD896R1. 
  
• TD758 LS/i on the new version of the Home Network Transport (HNT) Standards Overview and Work Plan [from ITU-T SG15], and the base text for reply was sent to the WP1 Chairman. 
• ​Progress was made on the following work items:
  
• TD924 K.gm “Test Methods and preferred values for hybrid integrated circuit components containing gas discharge tube and metal oxide varistor technologies”. 
  
• TD925 K.isolators “Integrated circuit isolators for telecommunications use”. 
• TD926 K.ecl “Surge protective component application guide - Electronic Current Limiters”. 
• Directives Volume VIII (TDs for K.ecl, K.gm, K.isolators shown above will be referenced documents). 
• ​The following topics were also covered:
• ​Proposal of the guide to the list of the ITU-T Recommendations, Supplements and other informative texts, Orange Polska S.A. (Poland), (C210R1​).
  
• Liaison Rapporteur - IEEE, Power and Energy Society, Surge Protective Devices Committee (IEEE PES SPDC) (TD776​).
  
• Status of List of stale work items for ITU-T SG5 (TD638).
  
• ITU-T CASC ITU-T technical experts for Recommendations in Q2/5.
  
• Text for the next study period of Q2/5.
  
• Nomination of Q2/5 Associate Rapporteur.​
  

Q3/5: Human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) due to digital technologies

• It was decided to open three work items:
  
• Revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.113: “Generation of radio-frequency electromagnetic field level maps”, TD859.
  
• New Recommendation ITU-T K.AI-EMF: “EMF evaluation method using artificial intelligence in vicinity of 5G NR (IMT-2020) base station”, TD860-R2.
  
• New Supplement ITU-T K.Suppl.MethDataEMF: “Guidance on Methodologies for RF-EMF Assessments and Responding to Public Concerns regarding human exposure to RF-EMF from Telecommunication Installations”, TD871.
  
• ​One draft Recommendation was submitted for consent, namely:
  
• Draft K.zones “Guidance on Determining the Compliance Boundaries (the exclusion zones) of radio transmitter installations”, TD853-R1.
  
• One Draft Supplement were submitted for agreement, namely:
  
• Draft Revised Supplement ITU-T K.Suppl.32 “Case studies of radio frequency-electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) assessments”, TD857-R2.
  
• Three Liaison Statements were reviewed, and two answers were provided.
  
• Three new work items were agreed. 
• Progress was made on the following work items: The new ITU-T Recommendations K.devices “RF-EMF exposure assessment of devices operating close to the human body” (TD858) and K.peak “Comparison between peak and real exposure in the long-term considerations” (C221). The cooperation with ITU-R and ITU-D is continued via the exchange of Liaison Statements with relevant information (TD870-R3).  

Q4/5: Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) aspects in ICT environment

• It was decided to open four work items on:
  
• Revision of K.37 “Low and high frequency EMC mitigation techniques for telecommunication installations and systems - Basic EMC Recommendation” (TD947​).
  
• Revision of K.38 “Radiated emission test procedure for physically large systems” (TD933).
  
• Revision of K.93 “Immunity of home network devices to electromagnetic disturbances” (TD907-R1). 
• K.EMC.satellite “Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and test methods for satellite communication terminal equipment" (TD927-R1​).    
• ​Two draft Recommendations were submitted for consent, namely:
  
• Draft of the revision of K.60 “Emission levels and test methods for wireline telecommunication networks to minimize electromagnetic disturbance of radio services” (TD911).
  
• Draft of the revision of K.93 “Immunity of home network devices to electromagnetic disturbances” (TD908).
• Twelve Liaison Statements were reviewed, and input is provided to WP1 for the answer to ITU-T CASC liaison.
• Progress was made on the following work items:
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.plc.emc “Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and measurement methods for outdoor equipment and installation using power line communication technology”; consideration on the requirements to include are in TD953.
  
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.DMEI “Determination and mitigation of electromagnetic interference between base stations due to tropospheric radio-duct”; new draft is in TD906. 
• New Recommendation K.EMC.satellite “Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and test methods for satellite communication terminal equipment”; first draft is in TD956-R1​.​

Q6/5: Environmental efficiency of digital technologies

• It was decided to open seven work items on:
  
• L.fra_cooling “Functional Requirements and Adoption of Cooling Technology for ICT installations”.
  
• L.MM_DC “Energy Efficiency Metric and Measurement Methodology for Data Centers and Telecommunication Rooms”.
• L.thermal_DC “Multi-level metrics for thermal environment and thermal performance of Data Centre”. 
• L.EEIoT “Energy Efficiency for Intelligent Internet of Things Platform”. 
• L.IEDL “Energy saving strategy for deep learning computing”.
• L.FNEE “Assessment of Fixed Network Energy Efficiency”. 
• L.MCI_Bat “Monitoring and control interface for infrastructure equipment (Power, Cooling and environment systems used in telecommunication networks) – Battery system with integrated control and monitoring information model”. 
• One draft Recommendation was submitted for consent, namely:
  
• Draft Recommendation L.BBU “Requirements and use cases of liquid cooling solutions and high energy efficiency solutions for 5G BBU in Centralized-RAN mode”.
  
• No Draft Supplement was submitted for agreement. 
• Thirteen (Liaison Statements were reviewed, and one answer was provided. 
• Progress was made to the following work items:
  
• L.EEMDC “Energy Efficiency in Micro Data Centre for Edge Computing”.
  
• L.Energy_sav_Cloud & Edge “Energy saving design for Data Centre considering harmonization of Cloud and Edge”.
  
• L.FEMS “Reference Model of Factory Energy Management System”.
  
• L.FCC “Energy consumption management and optimization platform framework for Cloud Computing”.
  
• L.Sup.MDEE “Study of Multi-dimensional network energy efficiency metrics”.
  
• L.BBU “Requirements and use cases of liquid cooling solutions and high energy efficiency solutions for 5G BBU in C-RAN mode”,
  
• L.MCI_Gen “Monitoring and Control Interface for Infrastructure Equipment (Power, Cooling and Building Environment Systems used in Telecommunication Networks) - Generic Interface” .
• L.MCI_MIM “Monitoring and Control Interface for Infrastructure Equipment (Power, Cooling and Building Environment Systems used in Telecommunication Networks) - ICT equipment power, energy and environmental parameters monitoring information model” .
  
• L.EE_dse “Energy efficiency metrics and measurement methods for data storage equipment”.
  
• L.EE_serv “Energy Efficiency measurement methodology and metrics for servers”.
  
• L.EE_sgpu “Energy Efficiency measurement methodology and metrics for heterogeneous servers”.
  
• L.GAL_3 “Power management capabilities of the future energy telecommunication fixed network nodes. Enhanced Interface for power management in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) environments”.
  

Q7/5: E-waste, circular economy, and sustainable supply chain management

• It was decided to open three new work items on:
  
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.UPCSW “Universal power adapter for smart watches and smart bands”.
  
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.UFCS “Universal fast charging Solutions for mobile Terminals”.
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T  L.UPR10 “Estimating global warming potential impact from ICT product lifetime-extension”.
  
• Three draft Recommendations were submitted for consent, namely:
  
• Draft ITU-T L.1023 “Assessment method for circular scoring”.
  
• Draft ITU-T L.ME_DIS “Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy) part 5- server and data storage product disassembly and disassembly instruction”. 
• Draft ITU-T L.GDSPP “Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to achieve a circular economy”.
• ​Nine Liaison Statements were reviewed, and two answers were provided. 
• Progress was made on the following work items:
• L.GPSIM: Good practices for the sanitization of the information media in end-of-life ICT devices.
• L.SCCA: Supply-chain based carbon accounting information guidelines for ICT manufacturing industries.
• L.SupplGSP: Specific principles for the green supply chain management of information and communication technology manufacturing industry.
• L.DLB: Guidelines for the durability assessment of lithium-ion Batteries.
• L.DMTT: Specification for the durability assessment of  mobile telecommunication terminals.
• L.1031: Revision of Recommendation ITU-T L.1031 - Guideline for achieving the e-waste targets of the Connect 2030 Agenda.
• L.GDSPP: Requirements for a global digital sustainable product passport to achieve a circular economy.
• L.D4PI: An information model for digital product information on sustainability and circularity.
• L.ewaste_collection: Guidelines on the collection, pre-treatment, dismantling, valorization and final disposal of WEEE.
• L.ME_DD: Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy). Part 2: server and data storage product secure data deletion functionality. 
  
• L.ME_AF: Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy). Part 3: Server and data storage product availability of firmware and of security updates to firmware.
• L.SupplICIP: Best practices for implementing the circular economy in ICT management.
  

Q13/5: Building circular and sustainable cities and communities

• Progress was made and some comments were given to the following work items and the meeting concluded to submit for consent: L.FIMS.
• A new work item was discussed, entitled “L.Ident: Identification method for equipment in building infrastructure for sustainable city” and the meeting agreed to accept it. ​

Q9/5: Climate change and assessment of digital technologies in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement

• It was decided to open three work items on:
  
• L.1450rev: Methodologies for the assessment of the environmental impact of the information and communication technology sector (A.1 TD922).
• L.1480rev (jointly with ETSI): Enabling the Net Zero transition: Assessing how the use of ICT solutions impact greenhouse gas emissions of other sectors (A.1 TD921).
  
• L.Suppl.Scope3_DC (jointly with GESI): Guidance for assessment of Scope 3 emissions for data center operators (A.13 TD920).
  
• ​​One draft Recommendations was submitted for consent, namely:
• Draft L.1471rev “Guidance and criteria for information and communication technology organizations on setting Net Zero targets and strategies” (TD961).
  
• One Draft Supplement was submitted for agreement, namely:
  
• Draft Supplement L.Suppl.OperatorScope3 “Scope 3 Guidance for telecommunication operators “ (TD934).
  
• ​Six Liaison Statements were reviewed, and five answers were provided, as well as two outgoing liaisons. 
• Progress was made on the following work items:
  
• L.Database: Guidance for the creation of an ITU database on GHG emissions of the global ICT sector.  
  
• L.1420: Methodology for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment of information and communication technologies in organizations. ​
• L.1450rev: Methodologies for the assessment of the environmental impact of the information and communication technology sector. 
• L.PCF_Smartphone: Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of a smartphone. 
• L.PCF_Server: Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of a server. 
• L.BatteriesLCA: Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of Lithium-ion Battery Products for ICT application. 
• L.GHGemissions_DC: Methodologies for accounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Data Centers and Telecommunication Rooms. 
• L.GHGemissions_IP: Methodologies for accounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Industrial Parks. 
• L.TCFD: Application of the activities of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures in the ICT sector. 
• L.1410rev (jointly with ETSI): Methodology for environmental life cycle assessments of information and communication technology goods, networks and services. 
• L.SimplifiedLCA (jointly with ETSI): Guidance on simplified life cycle assessments of Information and Communication Technologies.

Q11/5: Climate change mitigation and smart energy solutions​

• One draft Recommendation was submitted for WP closing plenary to be consented, namely:
  
• Draft new Recommendation L.PSU_for server “Methodologies for evaluating the functionality and performance of power supply unit configured for servers”.
  
• ​Eight input Liaison Statements were reviewed, and two outgoing liaisons were provided.
• Progress was made on the following work items:
  
• ​​ITU-T L.WHR “Specification for waste heat reuse in telecommunication rooms and data centers”.
  
• ITU-T L.DMA “Methodology for dynamic monitoring and analysis of greenhouse gas emissions in city”.
  
• ITU-T L.NZ solutions “Best practices to achieve Net Zero with information and communication technologies”. Additionally, according to the discussion, it was decided to change the acronym and title of the work item. The new title is ITU-T L.NZ_Indicator & BP “Enablement indicator of information and communication technologies to other sectors and best practices to achieve Net Zero goal”. The revised A.1 justification was developed. 
  

​Further, a Contribution regarding the revision of L Suppl. 44 was discussed and the output document. And it was decided to request TSB to send on behalf of the WP3/5 Chairman, the Questionnaire contained in the Revision of L Suppl 44 to SG5 regional groups to encourage more responses. The deadline to fill in the Questionnaire is the end of August 2023. 

Q12/5: Adaptation to climate change through sustainable and resilient digital technologies

• Work status report or e-meeting reports of work in interim period (ref. TD752​, TD829​, TD830).
  
• Discussion on L.KPIs Infrastructure - New draft recommendation of L.KPIs_infrastructure-“Environment Key Performance Indicators for Digital Infrastructure Adapting to Climate Change” (ref. C215 ​as input document and TD936 as output document)​
• Discussion on ITU-T L.CA Coast - Framework for climate change adaptation in coastal cities using ICT and digital technologies (ref. TD753 ​from interim e-meeting as input document and an updated version was provided in TD840).
• Discussion on ITU-T L.5G Sharing - Updated Baseline text of draft Recommendation of L.5G_sharing “Specification of 5G network sharing and co-construction adapting to climate change mitigation” (ref. C214 as input document and TD937 as output document ).
• ITU-T L.SRDT - Discussion on Resilient Pathways for Sustainable Digital Technologies (ref. C327 as input document and TD939 as output document).
• Discussion on ITU-T L.CA Rural (ref. C275 as input document and TD941 as output document).
• Discussion on ITU-T L- SMART Cables – Proposal of a new work item on Impact assessment framework to evaluate the development and effectiveness of “ocean sensing technologies, including SMART Cables, on the measurement of climate, environmental and biodiversity related indicators in oceans” (ref. C317 ​as input document and TD880 as A.1 Justification).
• Discussion on ITU-T L.1700 – Proposal of a new work item for the creation of a Supplement ITU-T L.1700 on the subject of Low-cost sustainable telecommunication for rural communications in developing countries enabling SIP based voice calling on WLAN/Wi-Fi (ref. C278 as input document and TD905-R1 as A.13 Justification).
• Liaison Statements (ref. TD713, TD715, TD719), Technically equivalent deliverables in ETSI TC EE and ITU-T SG5 (TD819) were discussed and it was agreed to respond to liaison TD713. The outgoing liaison was given in TD948.