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 “Environment, climate action, circular economy and electromagnetic fields” 

(Sophia Antipolis, 9 – 18 June 2026)​​

Statistics​​

• Participants: 240 (TD959-R1)
  
• Contributions: 155 Contributions received, 154 Contributions were considered (one was withdrawn at the contributor’s request)​ 
  
• TDs (not counting the revisions): 471
  
• Incoming/ Outgoing Liaison Statements: 97 incoming liaison statements and 29 outgoing liaison statements TD884-R13. See also LS database​.
  

• Consented Recommendations: 24 (of which 9 are revised Recommendations)
  
• Recommendations Approved: none at this meeting
  
• Other texts agreed: 4 Supplement and 1 Technical report
  
• New work items: 31 at this meeting
  

Major accomplishments​
Contributions

The full list of Contributions can be found in TD1054​. 

Approved Recommendations by ITU-T Study Group 5 (according to A.8 §5)​

The following table provides a summary of the Recommendations consented and Supplements agreed during the meeting:​

​​More information of the Recommendations submitted for AAP will be available here. 

ANNEX: Detailed discussions ​

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

Working Party 1/5, chaired by Mr Beniamino Gorini, has made significant progress on various work items and has achieved the following key outcomes:

Q1/5:   Electrical protection, reliability, safety, and security of telecommunication/ICT systems​
The Associate rapporteur of Q1/5 (Mr Huagang WANG) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD851​, which was approved without modifications. The meeting received and reviewed two Contributions relevant to Q1/5. 

​The main discussions were:

• It was decided to open two work items on
  
• ​Revision of ITU-T K.105: “Lightning protection of photovoltaic power supply and energy storage systems feeding radio base stations”
  
• No draft Recommendations were submitted for consent.
• No draft Supplements were submitted for agreement.
• Four Liaison statements were reviewed, and one answer was provided for the liaison in TD938 ​from ITU-T SG17.
  
• Progress was made to the following work items:
  
• ​​​Revision ITU-T K.87 was reviewed and discussed. The importance of this revision was recognized again, but it contains several parts to be reviewed, checked, and modified in the future. The editor will continue to be reviewing and checking it. Comments and opinions from members are welcome to be submitted. The second draft will be submitted for the next ITU-T SG5 meeting.   ​
  

Additionally, during the opening plenary Mr. Chen QIANG (China Unicom) was appointed as new Q1/5 Rapporteur. On behalf of the experts from Q1/5, Wang extended his congratulations to Chen Qiang, and encouraged Q1/5 to continue delivering excellent Recommendations and related deliverables.
The work programme was updated.
The report of the Q1/5 meeting is contained in TD871-R1​.


Q2/5:   Equipment specification and component/device for protection against lightning and other phenomena

The Rapporteur of Q2/5 (Mr Eiichi Kobayashi) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD852-R1​, which was approved without modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed six Contributions relevant to Q2/5.

The main discussions were:​


• ​It was decided to open one work item on: 
• Revision of ITU-T K.11 "Principles of protection against overvoltages and overcurrents" (TD1154-R1​​)​
• One revised draft Recommendation was submitted for consent, namely: 
• Revision of ITU-T K.21 " Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in customer premises to overvoltages and overcurrents " (TD1152-R2​)
• One revised draft Recommendation was submitted for consent, namely:
• Revision of ITU-T K.21 " Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in customer premises to overvoltages and overcurrents " (TD1152-R2​)
• One draft new Supplement was submitted for agreement, namely:
• Supplement K.Sup_tov to Recommendation ITU-T K.11 – Protection of ICT equipment with DC power supply against temporary overvoltage (TOV) in telecommunication centre" (TD1150-R2)
  
• Accordingly, the A.13 justification of K.Sup.tov was revised to correct the title:
• ​K.Sup.tov: "Protection of ICT Equipment with DC Power Supply against temporary Overvoltage (TOV)" (TD1151​)​
• ​Four Liaison statements were reviewed, and no action was taken in Q2/5 for this SG5 meeting.​

Additionally, during the meeting, it was:​

• ​A potential work items on “Guidance on policy for consideration of resistibility requirement” (title to be defined), was discussed based on the contribution C502​
• The new baseline text was of the revision of ITU-T K.20 “Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in a telecommunication centre to overvoltages and overcurrents” was produced (TD1155-R1​). This was a stale work item.​

The work programme was updated.

The report of the Q2/5 meeting is contained inTD872-R2​.

Q3/5:   Assessment of human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs)
The Co-Rapporteurs of Q3/5 (Ms Helen Nakiguli Sekasala) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD853-R6​​, which was approved with modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed 14 Contributions relevant to Q3/5. 

The main discussions were:


• It was decided to open three work item on
• Revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.70 “Mitigation techniques to limit human exposure to EMFs in the vicinity of radiocommunication stations”. The A.1 Justification document is contained in TD1168-R1. The rationale and input to the revision of the Recommendation is contained in TD1170.
  
• To develop a technical report on KSTR-AI.EMF "EMF evaluation method using artificial intelligence in the vicinity of 5G NR BS" The A.13 Justification is contained in TD1173-R1  and the baseline text for the draft technical report is contained in TD1172 
• To develop a revision of K.Sup.14, “The impact of RF-EMF exposure limits stricter than the ICNIRP or IEEE guidelines on 4G and 5G mobile network deployment”. The A.13 Justification for this work is contained in TD1189-R1. The baseline text for the revision of K.Sup.14 is contained in TD1188, and the explanatory information is contained in TD1190 ​. It was further proposed to revise the title of the Supplement from “The impact of RF-EMF exposure limits stricter than the ICNIRP or IEEE guidelines on 4G and 5G mobile network deployment” to “The impact of antenna siting restrictions in the form of RF-EMF exposure limits stricter than the ICNIRP or IEEE guidelines and planning exclusion rules on mobile network deployment”.
  
• No draft Recommendation was submitted for consent.
  
• ​No draft Supplements were submitted for agreement.
• Seven liaison statements were received, however two were reviewed as they were directly related to Q3/5, and one answer was provided. ​
  
• Progress was made on the following work items:
  
• ​Baseline text on K.Sup.32 ("Case studies of radio frequency-electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) assessment" TD1130​. It was agreed to consolidate the previous contribution from the last meeting on the baseline text of K.supp.32 contained TD417 to the new baseline text contained in TD1130.
• Baseline text to Draft Recommendation K.Actual-Max (Guidance on implementation of Actual Maximum Approach for assessment, evaluation, compliance and monitoring of RF EMF” TD1121.
• Baseline text for the draft Recommendation ITU-T K.calibr "Calibration for equipment for the EMF assessment” TD1134.
• Baseline text of draft revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.91: "Guidance for assessment, evaluation and monitoring of human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields" - TD1167-R1.
• Baseline text for the draft Supplement K.Suppl.MethDataEMF "Guidance on Methodologies for RF-EMF Assessments and Responding to Public Concerns regarding human exposure to RF-EMF from Telecommunication Installations" TD1133​.​
  
​Additionally, during the meeting, it was discussed:​
• Contribution C508-R1​, “Practical Implementation of National EMF Compliance Frameworks: Contribution Based on Ghana Standard GS1400:2025 and Other Regulatory Interventions from Ghana,” would be used as baseline information for K.MethData to support the development of practical guidance on national EMF compliance frameworks and related data/methodology requirements.
• ​Contribution C385​ “National Continuous Monitoring System for Assessing Human Exposure to Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Fields in Alignment with ITU-T Q3/5” from from Qatar was not discussed as there was no representative from Qatar in the meeting. The meeting guided that Qatar would refine its contribution as an appendix to K.83.
  
• C386-R1​ “Harmonized EMF exposure measurement and compliance practices for ICT infrastructure” from South Sudan.
• C225: presentation from the OFCOM Switzerland on the Swiss Authorization Process for Mobile Base Stations (Switzerland). The presentation is contained in TD779
• ​C492 ​“Contributions from Costa Rica’s responses to ITU-T SG5/COMTELCA consultation on sustainability, resilience and green standards in telecommunications”.
• ​A proposal to establish a global portal to compile and provide access to information on national RF-EMF exposure limits applied by different countries was presented and discussed. It was agreed to request TSB to explore the feasibility of developing such Global Portal. Information on the Global portal and details of the discussion is available in TD1169​.
Note: During the Working Party 1/5 closing plenary, this was discussed and SG5 Secretariat will provide an assessment of the feasibility of this Global Portal to the next SG5 meeting.

The work programme was updated.

The report of the Q3/5 meeting is contained in TD873-R2​.


Q4/5:   Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) aspects in telecommunications/ICTs
The Co-Rapporteurs of Q4/5 (Messrs Beniamino Gorini & Xing Hai Zhang) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD494-R2, which was approved without modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed seven Contributions relevant to Q4/5.

The main discussions were:

• It was decided to open five work items on:
• Revision of ITU-T K.74 " "Electromagnetic compatibility, resistibility and safety requirements for home network devices"; A.1 justification is in TD1257​
• ​Revision of ITU-T K.92 "Conducted and radiated electromagnetic environment in home”; A.1 justification is in TD1258​
• ​Two Recommendations were submitted for consent, namely:​
  • Revision of ITU-T K.74 " "Electromagnetic compatibility, resistibility and safety requirements for home network devices"; final draft is in TD1210-R1​
  • Revision of ITU-T K.92 "Conducted and radiated electromagnetic environment in home”; final draft is in TD1211-R1​
    
  • No draft Supplements were submitted for agreement.
    
• Thirteen​ liaison statements were reviewed, and the the considerations are the following​:
• For the liaison statements on terminologies: TD944 and TD942 (TD932​ and TD914 are the same of TD942) the answer is provided in TD1293-R2.
• For the liaisons in TD924, TD950, TD974, TD976, TD987​, TD988​, the input of Q4/5 is provided to WP1 chair and it will be included in SG5 answer 
• The following liaisons were only for information: TD927, TD993 and TD916​.
• Progress was made to the following work items:
• ​New Recommendation ITU-T K.emc_UWB "Electromagnetic Compatibility requirements and test methods for Ultra Wide Band Equipment"; new baseline text was prepared and this is in TD1213;
  
• New Recommendation ITU-T K.RIS_EMC "Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and measurement methods for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface"; new baseline text was produced, based on contribution C399R1, and this is in TD1214​;
• New Recommendation ITU-T K.emc_satellite_ES "Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and test methods for Earth stations for satellite communications"; new baseline text was prepared and this is in TD1212​;
  
​Additionally, during the meeting, the Contribution SG5-C403R1 “Analysis on the radiated impact of electrostatic gun during ESD test”, from China Information Communication Technologies Group and ZTE Corporation (China), was discussed and this will be considered in the EMC product Recommendation to avoid unexpected interference between the EUT and the ESD gun.

At the Q4/5 meeting, the status of the published Recommendations and Supplements in the responsibility of Q4 was considered and the updated status of ITU-T EMC recommendations is in TD1247.

Q4/5 revised the TD849-R3 “List of ITU-T SG5 Representatives and other roles” and there were no changes to provide to WP1/5.
The work programme was updated.

​ The report of the Q4/5 meeting is contained in TD874-R1.


Working Party 2/5 - Environmental Efficiency of new and emerging telecommunications/ICTs installations and applications

Working Party 2, chaired by Mr Paolo Gemma, has made significant progress, and has achieved the following key outcomes:

Q6/5:   Environmental efficiency of telecommunications/ICTs
The Co-Rapporteurs of Q6/5 (Mr Magnus Olsson and Ms Ying Shi) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD856-R7​, which was approved with modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed forty-two Contributions relevant to Q6/5.

The main discussions were:


• It was decided to open eleven new work items on:
• L.1220rev " Innovative energy storage technology for stationary use - Part 1: Overview of energy storage"
  
• L.AIA_RS "Framework of AI agents in resource scheduling for environmentally efficient data center infrastructure"
• L.EE_Token "Token-Based Evaluation Framework for Energy and Carbon Efficiency of AI Inference"
• L.CTS_CP "Computing Task Scheduling Framework considering Computing power and Electric Power Coordination"
• L.1300rev "Best practices for green data centres" 
• L.WBC-FR "Framework for Industrial Advancement through Distributed Data Centre Workload Shifting for Watt-Bit Collaboration" 
• L.NEE_DCI "Energy efficiency assessment of dedicated network that interconnects data centres" 
• L.Sup.Ex_RAN_emis "Practical examples on the determination of CO2e emission of mobile networks" 
• L.HESS-AIDC “General Requirements for Hybrid energy storage for AI data centres” 
• L.GLOC_DC “Guidelines for Green and Low-carbon Operation Control of Water Cooling System in Data Centres” 
• LSTR-DC-WaterEnv “Water Environment Sustainability Evaluation Framework for Data Centers Utilizing Natural Surface Water Cooling”
• Five draft Recommendations were submitted for consent, namely:
• Draft revised Recommendation ITU-T L.1203 "Colour and marking identification of up to 400 VDC power distribution for information and communication technology systems"
• ​Draft revised Recommendation ITU-T L.1331rev "Assessment of Mobile Network Energy Efficiency"
• Draft new Recommendation ITU-T L.FR-ESC "Framework and Requirements of Environmentally Sustainable Computing"
  
• Draft new Recommendation ITU-T L.IEDL "Energy saving strategy for deep learning computing"
  
• Draft new Recommendation ITU-T L.Energy_sav_Cloud & Edge "Energy saving design for Data Centre considering harmonization of Cloud and Edge"
  
• ​One draft Supplement was submitted for agreement, namely:
• L.Sup.MDEE "Study of Multi-dimensional network energy efficiency metrics"
• ​Thirty-two  Liaison statements were reviewed, and three answers were provided. In addition, one outgoing Liaison statement was prepared. 
• Progress was made to the following work items:
• L.1203 "Colour and marking identification of up to 400 VDC power distribution for information and communication technology systems"
• ​L.1331rev "Assessment of Mobile Network Energy Efficiency"     
• ​L.FR-ESC "Framework and Requirements of Environmentally Sustainable Computing"
• L.IEDL "Energy saving strategy for deep learning computing"
  
• L.Energy_sav_Cloud & Edge "Energy saving design for Data Centre considering harmonization of Cloud and Edge"
• L.Sup.MDEE "Study of Multi-dimensional network energy efficiency metrics"
• L.FNEE "Assessment of Fixed Network Energy Efficiency" 
• ​L.DSEC "Requirements for energy efficient management of data storage in data centers"
  
• L.1205rev "Interfacing of renewable energy or distributed power sources to up to 400 VDC power feeding systems"
  
• L.MCI_APS "Monitoring and Control Interface for Power, Cooling and Building Environment Systems in Telecommunication Networks - Alternative Power Systems"
  
• LSTR_ECEM-SN "Energy consumption and efficiency metrics for operators of 5G networks in shared network scenario"
• L.AZB "Aqueous Zinc-Based Battery Systems for Base Station Applications"  
  
• L.VPP_DC "Functional requirements and implementation guidance of virtual power plants at data centres"  
  
• L.DSBS "Application practice of DC dual-cooling source air conditioner in base station"
  
• L.TLCsafe_bat "Safety Technical Specifications for Lithium Batteries in Telecom Sites"
  
• L.NTLB "Non-Full-Time Immersion Liquid Temperature-controlled Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Systems for Information and Telecommunication Applications"
  
• L.Testing_LCR "Testing Guidelines for Cold-plate Liquid Cooled Cabinet in Data Centre"
  
• L.ITLB "Application practices of smart managements of Lithium iron phosphate battery in telecommunication rooms and data centers"   
  
• L.PS_HPC "Distributed Power Supply Architecture for High Performance Computing (HPC) Data Center" 
  
• L.EC&MM-IoTD "Energy consumption metrics and measurement methodology of constrained Internet of Things sensor devices in smart grid"
  
• L.MF_ACinDC "Monitoring framework for low-voltage AC power feeding system in data centre"
  
• L.REDC_EM "Framework of Energy Management System for Data Centres Using Directly Connected Renewable Energy Sources"   
  
• L.S_AI "Guidelines for environmentally sustainable & resource-efficient AI systems across the life cycle"  
  
• L.liquid_DC " High Efficiency Liquid Cooling Solutions and Practices for Data Centres "
  
• L.water_DC " Guidance on Water Conservation Strategies in Data Centres”  
  

It was decided to close L.fra_cooling “Functional Requirements and Adoption of Cooling Technology for ICT installations”. ​

Additionally, during the meeting, joint sessions with remote participation were held with ETSI EEPS and ETSI EE2 working groups discussing the joint work items aiming to develop technically aligned deliverables.

The work programme was updated.

The report of the Q6/5 meeting is contained in TD876-R2. 
​​ Q7/5:   E-waste, circular economy, and sustainable supply chain management

The Co-Rapporteurs of Q7/5 (Ms Susanna Kallio and Ms Hoda Shakra)opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD857-R5​, which was approved with modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed 25 Contributions relevant to Q7/5.

The main discussions were:

• It was decided to open three new work items on:
• L.Digital_EPR "Framework for Digital and Interoperable Implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Systems"
• L.QA_AI "Quality assessment and verification of AI computing power resources for reuse"
• L.QA_AI "Quality assessment and verification of AI computing power resources for reuse"
• ​Two revised work items on:
• L.GDSR “Guidelines for Data Sanitization and Resource Recovery of decommissioned Storage Devices”
• L.UPCSW “Universal power adapter and charger solution for smart watches and smart bands”​
• One draft revised Recommendation and three Corrigenda were submitted for consent, namely:
• L.1022rev “Circular economy: Definitions and concepts for circular economy for information and communication technology”
• L.1004 Corr.1 “Universal fast-charging solution for mobile terminals” 
• L.1037 Corr.1 “Requirements for the collection, transportation, storage, dismantling, valorization and final disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment” 
• L.1041 Corr.1 “Resource saving, e-waste reduction and energy saving system methodology using twisted single-pair cable”           
• 31 Liaison statements were reviewed, and one answer was provided.​​​
• ​One draft Supplement was submitted for approval, namely:
• L.Sup.GSP “Specific principles for the green supply chain management of information and communication technology manufacturing industry” 
• ​Progress was made to the following work items:​
• L.CU_AI "Recommendation L.CU_AI Guidelines for Circular Utilization of artificial intelligence Computing Power Resources"
• L.UPCSW "Universal power adapter and charger solution for smart watches and smart bands"
• L.FrameworkCcArchitecture"Circular city architecture framework"
• L.Sup.ICIP "Best practices for implementing the circular economy in ICT management"
• L.ICT4RD "Methodology of Using ICTs to Manage the Recycling and Disposal of E-waste"
• L.GDSR "Guidelines for Data Sanitization and Resource Recovery of decommissioned Storage Devices"
• L.DPP4C “Consumer-oriented environmental information and reverse value chain information about ICT goods on digital product passports"​


Additionally, during this meeting it was noted that L.DPP4C, which previously had no input, received contributions at this meeting, and no Q7/5 WIs currently at risk of becoming stale.

During Q7/5 session some invited expert made presentation on topics related to Q7/5 activities, in details:
• TD1120 – Presentation by Upenn: Digital Product Passports in the Circular Economy for ICT in Latin America
• TD1309 – UNECE presentation on UN Transparency Protocol
• TD1273 – Presentation on CEN/CENELEC JTC24 work
  

The work programme was updated. The work programme was updated. 

The report of the Q7/5 meeting is contained in TD877-R3.​


Working Party 3/5 - New and emerging telecommunications/ICTs solutions for Climate Action towards Net Zero emissions

Working Party 3, chaired by Ms Qi Shuguang, has made significant progress and has achieved the following key outcomes. 

Q9/5:   Assessing the impact of telecommunications/ICTs on climate change, biodiversity and the environment - including the influence on other sectors


The Rapporteur of Q9/5 (Mr Jean-Manuel Canet) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD860-R8, which was approved with modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed 41 Contributions relevant to Q9/5.

The main discussions were:


• It was decided to open four work items on
• ​L.CCEP_CRA "Methodology for assessing carbon reduction benefits of coordinated computing and electrical power operation" (A.1 TD1181-R2, Baseline text TD1180-R1)
• L.PCF Management "Guidelines for managing the carbon footprint of critical equipment in the supply chain of telecommunication operators" (A.1 TD1183-R1, Baseline text TD1182)
• L.PCRSoftware "Carbon Footprint of Products- Product Category Rule (CFP-PCR) for Software" (A.1 TD1226-R1, Baseline text TD1227)
• L.1400rev revision of ITU-T L.1400 Overview and general principles of methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of information and communication technologies (A.1 TD1312-R1, Baseline text TD1311)
• Five draft Recommendations were submitted for consent, namely:​
  
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.Env_DC "Guidelines on Multi-Dimensional Environmental Metrics and Management for Data Centres" (Baseline text TD1193-R1)
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.Carbon_DA "Guideline for Data Annotation for GHG emissions verification Knowledge Graph" (A.1 TD1244-R1, Baseline text TD1243-R2, A.5 TD1274)
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.PCF_Server "Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of a server" (Baseline text TD1234-R1)
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.PCF_Smartphone "Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of a smartphone" (Baseline text TD1233-R2)
• Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.BatteriesLCA "Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of Lithium-ion Battery Products for ICT application" (Baseline text TD1235-R2)
• One draft Supplement was submitted for agreement, namely:
• Draft Supplement ITU-T L.Sup.CE_Shared_BS to ITU-T L.1420 "Carbon Emission Accounting and Allocation Methods for infrastructure Shared Base Station Sites" (Baseline text TD1240)
• 12 Liaison statements were reviewed. Q9/5 agreed not to send directly any answer. However, a proposed text was prepared regarding the LS received from ITU-R on the matter relative to the creation of a new work item related to the environmental impact of frequencies allocation and this text was shared in the LS general session and this is available as TD1310.
• ​Progress was made to the following work items:
• ITU-T L.1420rev: Methodology for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions impact assessment of information and communication technologies in organizations
• ITU-T L.1470rev: Greenhouse gas emissions trajectories for the information and communication technology sector compatible with the UNFCCC Paris Agreement
• ITU-T L.1472: Requirements for the creation of an ITU database on energy consumption and GHG emissions of the ICT sector
• ITU-T L.1480: Enabling the Net Zero transition: Assessing how the use of information and communication technology solutions impacts greenhouse gas emissions of other sectors
• ITU-T L.1801: Guidelines for Assessing the Environmental Impact of Artificial Intelligence systems
• ITU-T L.BatteriesLCA: Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of Lithium-ion Battery Products for ICT application
• ITU-T L.Biodiversity_footprint: Methodology for the assessment of the footprint of an ICT organization on biodiversity
• ITU-T L.Carbon_DA: Guidelines for Data Annotation for Carbon emissions Verification Knowledge Graph
• ITU-T L.Env_DC: Guidelines on Multi-Dimensional Environmental Metrics and Management for Data Centres
• ITU-T L.EnvImpServer: Requirements for environmental impact evaluation of servers
• ITU-T L.GHGemissions_DC: Methodologies for accounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Data Centres and Telecommunication Rooms
• ITU-T L.GHG emissions_PS: Guidelines for GHG emissions accounting in power systems
• ITU-T L.ITservices_footprint: Methodology to assess the environmental Footprint of data centre IT hosting services and cloud services
• ITU-T L.PCF_SEM: Methodology for the assessment of the carbon footprint of a smart electricity meter
• ITU-T L.PCF_Server: Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of a server
• ITU-T L.PCF_Smartphone: Guidelines for the assessment of the carbon footprint of a smartphone
• ITU-T L.Sup.CE_Shared_BS to ITU-T L.1420: Carbon Emission Accounting and Allocation Methods for infrastructure Shared Base Station Sites
• ITU-T L.Suppl.CFA_BSE to ITU-T L.1410: Guidelines for Carbon Footprint Assessment of 5G Base Station Equipment
• ITU-T L.Sup.ExamplesAI: Examples of assessments of artificial intelligence systems
• ITU-T LSTR-GLC-service: General principles for the evaluation of low-carbon ICT service enterprises
• ITU-T LSTR-GLC-Manuf: General principles for the evaluation of low-carbon ICT manufacturing enterprises
• ITU-T LSTR-MAP-GHG: Assessing the Projections of Urban Greenhouse Gas Emission
During the meeting, joint session was held with ETSI TC EE EEPS on L.Sup.ExamplesAI and related activities to AI. 
​​

​The work programme was updated.

The report of the Q9/5 meeting is contained in TD880-R4.

Q11/5: Climate change mitigation and smart energy solutions


The Rapporteur, Mr Sangjin Jeong (ETRI) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD861-R8, which was approved with modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed 12 Contributions relevant to Q11/5.

The main discussions were:


• It was decided to open four work items on:​
  
• ITU-T L.FADR “Framework and Functional Requirements for Edge-driven Automated Demand Response"
• ITU.T L.SESS “Framework of management platform for shared battery-based energy storage system supporting renewable energy generation to climate change mitigation"
• ITU.T L.FR_CEC “Framework and Requirements for computing power and electric power coordination in support of climate change mitigation"
• ITU-T L.Platform_CEC “Requirements for computing power and electric power coordination platform for climate change mitigation"
• One draft Recommendations was submitted for consent, namely:
  
• Draft new Recommendation ITU-T L.GEMS_VPP “Framework of Greenhouse Gas Emission Management System for Virtual Power Plant Application"​
• One Draft Technical Report was submitted for agreement, namely:
• Draft Technical Report ITU-T LSTR.GHG-DR “Mechanism and framework of power grid demand response based on greenhouse gas  emission factor"
• Seven liaison statements were reviewed, and one answer was provided.
• Progress was made to the following work items:
• ITU-T L.ups_framework “Management system framework of UPS with Li-ion batteries for infrastructure"
  
• ITU-T L.MMOC “Multi microgrid scheduling architecture and scenario requirements aiming for reduction of GHG emissions”
• ITU-T L.ESS-adapt “Management system architecture for container-type energy storage system (ESS) to support environment-adaptive operation”
• ITU-T L.BP_SC “Best Practices for decarbonization of Smart City in support of Net Zero"​
Additionally, during the meeting, three joint sessions with Q6/5 were held in order to discuss coordination among the closely related four new work item proposals. Based on the discussion results, it was agreed to approve four new work items in this meeting. The detailed discussion results are contained in TD1270.

• (Q6/5) ITU-T L.CTS_CP (Computing Task Scheduling Framework considering Computing power and Electric Power Coordination): TD1224-R2 (A.1), TD1223-R1 (baseline text)
• (Q6/5) ITU-T L.WBC-FR (Framework for Industrial Advancement through Distributed Data Centre Workload Orchestration for Watt-Bit Collaboration): TD1208-R2 (A.1), TD1207-R1 (baseline text) 
  
• (Q11/5) ITU-T L.FR_CEC (Framework and Requirements for Computing power and Electric power Coordination in support of climate change mitigation): TD1221-R1 (A.1), TD1267 (baseline text)
• (Q11/5) ITU-T L.Platform_CEC (Requirements for computing power and electric power coordination platform for climate change mitigation): TD1222-R1 (A.1), TD1276 (baseline text)​

Furthermore, Q11/5 started discussing the revision of Q11/5 Terms of Reference, however, the discussion will continue in future e-meeting and at the next SG5 meeting. In this regard, a liaison statement was prepared for SG20 to also invite them to participate in future discussions on this matter.

The work programme was updated.

The report of the Q11/5 meeting is contained in TD881-R2.


Q12/5: Climate actions and adaptation to climate change through sustainable and resilient telecommunications/ICTs (including new and emerging)


The Co-rapporteurs, (Messrs Derick Simiyu Khamali and Rumeng Tan) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD862-R6, which was approved with modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed 11 Contributions relevant to Q12/5.

The main discussions were:


•  It was decided to open one work items on:
• Recommendation ITU-T L.PT_Sharing- “Best practices on pole and tower sharing for mitigation of climate change" During the meeting it was decided to generate A.1 Justification as given in TD1217-R3 and the baseline text given in TD1216-R2.
  
• During the WP3/5 closing plenary, it was agreed to transfer this work item to Q6/5. 
• Technical Paper LSTP-ICT4DR “A Strategic Technical Guide on Harnessing Emerging ICTs for Climate Adaptation and Disaster Resilience" TD1184-R2 for A.13 and TD1179 for baseline text.
• One draft Recommendations were submitted for consent, namely:
• Recommendation ITU-T L.ICT_VPP- “Framework and methodology for assessing ICT-based virtual power plants to climate change mitigation" TD1271.​
• No draft Supplement were submitted for agreement.
  
• Nine Liaison statements were reviewed, and one answer was provided.
  
• ​The following Liaisons were reviewed; TDs (2 for Action TD1020 and 1058 and 7 for information – TD1018, TD1032, TD1034, TD1066, TD1080, TD1081 and TD1083).
• LS/o/r on the term “mean species abundance density" developed by ITU-T Study Group 5 and validated by the CCT (reply to SCV-LS58) and TD1058.
  
• ​Progress was made to the following work items:
• ITU-T L.SRDT-adaptation “Sustainable and Resilient Digital Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change was progressed based on the contribution C526. The new baseline document is given in TD1218.
• ITU-T L.ICT4LGTL “Guidelines of Using ICT for Low Carbon Transition of Logistics" was progressed based on the contribution C445 and the new baseline document is given in TD1266.
• ITU-T L.Carbon_SLP “Guidelines for the Construction of Smart Low-Carbon Power Supply Facilities Adapted to Island Biodiversity" was progressed based on the contribution C419. The baseline text is given in TD1215.
• ITU-T L.Bio.Adapt Deployment of ICTs for Resilient and Sustainable Biodiversity and associated infrastructure was progressed based on the contribution C529. The new baseline text is given in TD1277. ​
• ​Furthermore, Q12/5 experts agreed to convert draft Recommendation ITU-T L.LCArural into a Technical Report as shown below. 

TD1268-R1

12/5

LSTR-LCArural

Low-cost sustainable ICT solutions for climate change adaptation in rural areas and communities​

​​Additionally, during the meeting, it was discussed as follows:

• The contributions C388 and C389 were not directly linked to any specific work items in the work program. The contents of contributions were well noted and the meeting decided to make use of the information given within the ongoing work items. The contributors were encouraged to make their presentations in future meetings. The final documents are posted as TD1220 and TD1219 Respectively.​
• During the meeting, the members welcomed Mr. Rumeng Tan from China Telecom who was nominated as a Co-Rapporteur for Q12/5 in the SG5 opening plenary.

The work programme was updated.

The report of the Q12/5 meeting is contained in TD882-R1.


Report of Q8/5 Guides and terminology on environment


The Rapporteur of Q8/5 (Mr Paolo Gemma) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in TD858-R2, which was approved with modifications.

The meeting received and reviewed 1 Contributions relevant to Q8/5.

The main discussions were:


39 Liaison statements were reviewed, and 18 answers were provided.

Progress was made to the following work item:​

• ​​L.CP - Standardized Terminology for Computing power and electric power Coordination  
  
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C433 contains the proposed update of the baseline document introducing new term from other ITU T SG. It is noted that we introduced the term computing power develop by SG13 to align with them as also requested in TD999.

It was proposed to change the title of the draft Recommendation. The new title is “Standardized terminology for computing power and electric power coordination" for this reason a revision of A.1 justification was done and approved as contained in TD1177.

Additionally, a liaison explaining the scope of ITU-T draft Recommendation L.CP was proposed to be sent to all ITU-T Study Groups to inform them of our activities; see TD1178.

The new baseline document is contained in  TD1176.  


​Additionally, during the meeting, TD637 was presented and prepared by Q8/5 Rapporteur containing the list of terms defined in ITU-T Study Group 5 deliverables with the answers from CCT. (Terms validated or comments on term).

A liaison to be sent to CCT with the new terms defined by Study Group 5 is contained in TD826 was approved.



The work programme was updated.

The report of the Q8/5 meeting is contained in TD878-R3.

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