Green Digital Action: The road between COP30 to COP31


ITU/World Bank/GIZ/CODES/UNESCO

Session 400

Thursday, 9 July 2026 15:00–15:45 (UTC+02:00) Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation Room L, Palexpo Interactive Session
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Physical (on-site) and Virtual (remote) participation


Digital transformation is accelerating across all sectors, while climate change, environmental degradation, e-waste generation and the energy footprint of digital technologies continue to grow. At the same time, digital innovation can enable significant emissions reductions and resilience gains—if it is designed, deployed and decommissioned responsibly and in ways that support circularity and sustainable consumption. The Green Digital Action partnership platform responds to these twin challenges by coordinating stakeholders to (i) improve measurement and transparency of ICT-related emissions and impacts, (ii) map targets and enablers (including finance and technology readiness), and (iii) support countries—especially in the Global South—in adopting green digital strategies and scaling climate-positive digital solutions.

 

Session objectives:

  • Introduce the Green Digital Action, its governance approach and its initial 2026–2028 priorities, with ITU presenting the Hub’s core products and services (monitoring, cross-tracking targets/enablers, and country support for green digital strategies).
  • Showcase concrete entry points for collaboration across standards, data, capacity building and financing pathways to help countries implement green digital action.
  • Provide space for partner perspectives on how they will contribute to and benefit from the Hub (policy, finance, implementation, data, capacity building, or regional scaling).

**The panelists will be updated.**

Panellists
Mr. Jean Manuel Canet
Mr. Jean Manuel Canet Senior Manager, Climate and Biodiversity, Orange Group Vice-Chairman of ITU-T SG5

Mr. Bjorn-Soren Gigler
Mr. Bjorn-Soren Gigler Senior Digital and Green Transformation Specialist European Commission

Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva
H.E. Dr. Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva Head of the Science, Technology & Innovation Section Brazilian Embassy in Berlin

Dr. Malle Fofana
Dr. Malle Fofana Deputy Executive Director Global Green Growth Institute, South Korea

Rakan Alsulaim
Rakan Alsulaim Sustainability Director Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST), Saudi Arabia

Topics
Artificial Intelligence Capacity Building Digital Skills Digital Transformation Emerging Technologies Environment
WSIS Action Lines
  • AL C7 E–ENV logo C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-environment
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 13 logo Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
  • Goal 17 logo Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development