{"id":943,"date":"2024-10-22T20:21:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/?page_id=943"},"modified":"2024-11-28T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:04:57","slug":"ict-sector-ghg-emissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/events\/all\/cop29\/ict-sector-ghg-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Action: Transition Plans to Reduce the ICT Sector\u2019s Own GHG Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section>\n    <div class=\"text-section\">\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-left\" data-span=\"8\">\n                        <h2 class=\"h3\">\n            <\/h2>\n                        <h3 class=\"h5\">\n        <strong>16 November 2024 from 11:15 to 12:15<\/strong><br>Chinese Pavilion    <\/h3>\n                        <p>\n        This session will discuss the ICT sector\u2019s commitment to reducing GHG emissions and reporting progress on energy consumption and GHG emissions. It will also outline the next steps the industry can take to transition toward more efficient and sustainable operations. It will explore the best practices and highlight the importance of robust transition plans on climate change mitigation and adaptation aspects, which are critical for achieving the reduction of 45% of GHG emissions by 2030 compared to 2020.\u00a0 Experts will also discuss and promote the development of specific guidance on transition plans of the ICT sector.\u00a0\u00a0<br><br><strong>Speakers<\/strong><br>11:15 \u2013 11:20<br><strong>Opening ceremony:<\/strong><br>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Tomas Lamanauskas<\/strong>, Deputy Secretary General, ITU<br><br>11:20 \u2013 11:40<br><strong>Session 1: Targets and Commitments of the GDA ICT GHG emissions pillar\u2013 Following progress<\/strong><br><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Moderator: <strong>Jean Manuel Canet<\/strong>, Co-leader GDA Pillar 1<br>Speakers:<br>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Jeroen Kanselaar<\/strong>, Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility at Eurofiber, Chairman of the Sustainability Committee, FTTH Council Europe<br>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Sara Ballan, <\/strong>Co-Lead Green Digital, Senior Digital Development Specialist, World Bank<br>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Steven Moore<\/strong>, Head of Climate Action, GSMA<br>Questions &amp; Answers<br><br>11:40 \u2013 11:50<br><strong>Presentation of Dashboard and draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1472 &#8211; Requirements for the creation of an ITU database on energy consumption and GHG emissions of the ICT sector<\/strong><br><br>11:50 &#8211; 12:10<br>\u00a0<strong>Panel discussion: Concrete actions towards transition plans of the ICT sector<\/strong><br>Moderator: <strong>Jean Manuel Canet<\/strong>, Co-leader GDA Pillar 1<br>Speakers:<br>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Philippe Tuzzolino<\/strong>, Senior Vice-president Environment, Orange<br>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Mr. Zhaoyang Wang<\/strong>, General Manager of Global IDC, Alibaba Cloud<br><br>12:10 \u2013 12:15<br>Call to action and closing remarks<br>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>MIIT, China<\/strong><br>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Bilel Jamoussi,<\/strong> Deputy to the Director and Chief of Telecommunication Standardization Policy Department, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), ITU<br><br>Download event recording <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpan.baidu.com%2Fs%2F1g47T4G0SqsTJSTTrqN8VwA%3Fpwd%3Ddd9g&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnicholas.flack%40itu.int%7C7b434ff256144a47fb2808dd0fbbbc9e%7C23e464d704e64b87913c24bd89219fd3%7C0%7C0%7C638684021225192306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=159yiFIzJaDizlYYkaZey6arzOlCS3qqFqr838%2BEgM4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pan.baidu.com\/s\/1g47T4G0SqsTJSTTrqN8VwA?pwd=dd9g<\/a>\u00a0(password:\u00a0dd9g)    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-right data-span-override\" data-span=\"4\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Green-Digital-Action-Session.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Green-Digital-Action-Session.png 400w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Green-Digital-Action-Session-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":938,"parent":838,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-943","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/943\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}