Agenda

Digital technologies play a critical role in enabling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and energy efficiency across sectors such as energy, transport, agriculture, and cities. However, unlocking this potential requires moving beyond high-level assumptions towards robust, measurable, and actionable evidence.

This session will focus on how to deliver and quantify the enablement effect of ICT solutions, highlighting the role of internationally recognized methodologies—such as Recommendation ITU-T L.1480—in assessing how digital technologies contribute to emissions reductions and energy savings in other sectors.

Building on recent progress, the session will present practical implementation guidance, including newly developed guidelines to support countries and stakeholders in applying these methodologies. It will also showcase real-world experience, including the application of the standard in Senegal, as well as additional use cases.

The session will also highlight ongoing efforts to simplify and scale the methodology, making it more accessible for policymakers, regulators, and industry, particularly in developing countries. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of data collection, alignment of approaches, and cross-sector collaboration to ensure consistency, comparability, and credibility of results.

By bridging data, methods, and country experiences, the session aims to support stakeholders in advancing evidence-based climate action, demonstrating how ICT solutions can deliver measurable contributions to national climate strategies and global sustainability goals.

• 17:00-17:05 Opening remarks

• 17:05-17:15 Presentation on Digital Technologies in NDCs: Stocktake and analysis

Speaker:

• • Ana Gabriela Fernandez, Programme Officer, Green Digital Action, ITU

• 17:15-17:40 From Methodology to Practice: Applying ITU-T L.1480

Moderator:

• • Jean Manuel Canet, Q9/5 Rapporteur, ITU-T

Speaker:

• • GIZ
  • Senegal
  • Philippe Tuzzolino, Vice president Environment, Orange

• 17:40-17:45 Wrap up and closure of the event