Managing challenges resulting from ICT development
| Target 3.1: Cybersecurity readiness should be improved by 40 per cent by 2020. |
| Target 3.2: Volume of redundant e-waste to be reduced by 50 per cent by 2020 |
| Target 3.3: Greenhouse gas emissions generated by the telecommunication/ICT sector to be decreased per device by 30 per cent by 2020 |
Target 3.1: Cybersecurity readiness should be improved by 40 per cent by 2020
Following the publication of the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) of 2014, ITU has initiated a second iteration of the GCI and formed a partnership to bring together other parties involved in measuring cybersecurity. To measure improvement in cybersecurity within the context of the Connect 2020 Agenda, ITU proposes to combine the GCI results with key indicators of cybersecurity vision and capabilities at the country level: the existence of a national cybersecurity strategy and a national Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT). By combining the growth in the average GCI scores with the growth in the number of national cybersecurity strategies and national CIRTs, it will be possible to determine if the 40% improvement target in cybersecurity between 2014 and 2020 has been achieved.
Target 3.2: Volume of redundant e-waste to be reduced by 50 per cent by 2020
ITU, together with the UNEP Basel Convention, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), UNU and ITU membership, has been developing a roadmap for implementing Target 3.2, which aims to establish a policy and regulatory and technical framework to steer production, handling, growth, and innovation in the ICT sector in a sustainable direction.
ITU Member States will be invited to prepare national reports on e-waste, and a report on national e-waste monitoring will be compiled in the following year. This will provide a basis for assessing progress on this target by 2020 and effectively reduce e-waste generation worldwide. ITU-T Study Group 5 is working on a roadmap for Target 3.2 on e-waste reduction. The methodology to assess progress towards target 3.2 on e-waste reduction will be based on ITU L.1430.
Target 3.3: Greenhouse gas emissions generated by the telecommunication/ICT sector to be decreased per device by 30% by 2020
As with e-waste, ITU, together with its Sector Members and industry associations, is in the process of developing a roadmap to address the challenges arising from these developments and the GHG emissions associated with them. ITU-T Study Group 5 is working on a roadmap for Target 3.3 on GHG emissions reduction.
