Page 6 - Turning digital technology innovation into climate action

List of Figures and boxes

Figures
Figure 1: Global ICT developments, 2005–2018 (*ITU estimate) 1
Figure 2: The tightening affordability gap between developed and developing countries 2
Figure 3: Increase in atmospheric carbon with time 4
Figure 4: Generation of e-waste each year 10
Figure 5: Projection for halving of global GHG emissions by 2030 11
Figure 6: Projection for halving of global GHG emissions by 2030 - by ICT emissions source 12
Figure 7: Global Observing System (GOS) 18
Figure 8: El Niño events in 1997 and 2015 19
Figure 9: Greenhouse gas emission per sector in 2010 23
Figure 10: Smart grid in South Africa 27
Figure 11: National Carbon Intensity of Power Industry Production in Europe, Oct. 2018
(Green = low carbon, Red = carbon-intensive.) 28
Figure 12: The four main goals of the Connect 2030 Agenda 33
Figure 13: The three core functions of the UN E-waste Coalition 39
Figure 14: 13th Symposium on ‘ICT, Environment and Climate Change’ 41
Figure 15: Field experts and other stakeholders at the 13th Symposium on ‘ICT,
Environment and Climate Change’ 41
Boxes
Box 1: The Paris Agreement 6
Box 2: The potential of frontier technologies in addressing climate change 13
Box 3: Space-based Earth monitoring systems 18
Box 4: FG-AI4EE 29
Box 5: ITU-T Recommendations 34
Box 6: U4SSC technical reports and guidelines 35
Box 7: ITU-T Smart Sustainable Cities (SSC) case studies 36

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