ITU's 160 anniversary

Committed to connecting the world

Collaboration with other Stakeholders

​​​​​​​​​​​​Through the collaboration with other stakeholders, ITU is at the forefront on issues pertaining to ICTs, environmental sustainability and climate change.​

ITU & UNEP DTU PARTNERSHIP





 
ITU collaborates with UNEP DTU Partnership on energy efficiency, sustainable data centres and ICT. 

Discover how China is introducing liquid cooling to achieve more energy-efficient datacentres.
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UNITED FOR SMART SUSTAINABLE CITIES





 

 

 

The “United for Smart Sustainable Cities” (U4SSC) is a UN initiative coordinated by ITU, UNECE and UN-Habitat, and supported by 14 UN agencies to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11: "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable".

UN E-WASTE COALITION

ITU is part of the UN E-waste coalition which comprises 9 other United Nations entities that have committed to increase collaboration, build partnership and support Member States to address the global waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) challenge.  ​

Greening the Blue



 

 

 


ITU participates in the Greening the Blue initiative which engages and supports the UN System in the transition towards greater environmental sustainability in the management of its facilities and operations.

Click here to learn more about the Greening the Blue initiative.

ITU-UNESCO/ IOC-WMO JOINT TASK FORCE ON SMART CABLE SYSTEMS

​The joint task force investigates the potential of using submarine cables for ocean and climate monitoring and disaster warning.

Click here​ for more information on JTF.

ITU-UNIDO PROJECT ON E-WASTE IN LATIN AMERICA

ITU is part of the UNIDO-GEF project​ on “Strengthening of National Initiatives and Enhancement of Regional Cooperation for the Environmentally Sound Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Latin American Countries. ITU developed a Case Study on the Implementation of ITU-T Standards on sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment: The path to a Circular Economy in Costa Rica. ITU is currently assisting Argentina in the implementation of ITU standard, ITU-T L.1031.​