Events

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ICTs and E-waste​

• EPR for Electronic Waste in Thailand Private Sector Stakeholder Consultation Workshop​, 3 - 4 December 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
  
• Public Sector Consultation on Defining the Indonesian EPR System and Regulation for Electronics​, 19-20 November 2024, Jakarta, Indonesia
  
• Paraguay Private Sector Stakeholder Consultation Workshop​, 25 October - Asunción, Paraguay
  
• Paraguay Government Stakeholder Consultation Workshop​, 23-24 October 2024, Asunción, Paraguay
  
• Developing and Implementing Circular Economy on Electronics for the ICT Sector in Seychelle, 21-22 October 2024, Victoria, Seychelles ​​
  
• Regulating Electronic Waste in Thailand Government Consultation Workshop​, 27 and 28 August 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
  
• Regional E-Waste Monitor for the Western Balkans Launching Event,11 December 2023, Virtual
  
• Creating a Circular Economy for Electronics, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pavilion, UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), 6 December 2023, Dubai, UAE​
  
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​EPR implementation roadmap on the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Zambia​, 31 October and 1 November 2023, Lusaka, Zambia
  
• Rwanda EPR Blueprint for Electronics Event​, 7 and 8 November 2023, Kigali, Rwanda​
  
• Managing E-waste in East Africa​, including launch of​​ the Baseline Study for E-waste in East Africa​ co-organized with UNEP and EACO, 12 October 2023, virtual
  
• Transform through the Circular Economy and EPR Platform​, 12-14 July 2023, Gaborone, Botswana
  
• ​Online Information Session on Green Digi​tal Transformation and a Circular Economy for Electronics, 8 June 2023, South Asia​
  
• WSIS ALFM C7: e-Environment "Harmonization of E-waste Data and Statistics"​, WSIS Forum 2023 co-organized with UNEP, virtual, 2 May 2023
  
• Online Information Session: Green Digital Transformation in a Circular Economy for Electronics​, 31 March 2023, Pacific
  
• EPR Grand Challenge Conference​, organized by the WEEE Forum, ​​7 December 2022, Brussels
  
• Management of e-waste as a source of urban mining within the concept of circular economy (refurbish, reuse and recycle), co-organized with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt at COP27, 17 November 2022
  
• E-waste Policy and Statistics, co-organized with UN CC:Learn and UNITAR at COP27, 16 November 2022
• East Africa Regional E-waste Data Validation Workshop, 11 - 14 October 2022, Nairobi, Kenya (Agenda, Overview presentation​)​​
• Generation Connect Global E-waste Iconathon​, 4 June 2022
  

 ICTs and Climate Change​

• Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) Presidential Commission on 2050 Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth - Road to Digital Carbon Neutrality​​,16 November, Republic of Korea Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan 
• Advancing Green Digital Action Towards a Net-Zero ICT Sector, 16 November, Trade and Investment House (Green Zone), Baku, Azerbaijan​
• Transition plans to reduce the ICT Sector's own GHG emissions, 16 November, Chinese Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
  
• Expanding Access to Green Data Infrastructure, 14 November, Digital Innovation Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
  
• High-level opening of Green Digital Action track​, 14 November, NGIC Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
  
• ​Virtual Launch of the Greening Digital Companies Report, 30 September 2024​
• From Policy to Practice: Unpacking ITU's Circular ICT Procurement Guide​,​ 14 March 2024 from 11:00 to 12:30, Lisbon, Portugal 
• ​Launch of the Measuring the Emissions and Energy Footprint of the ICT Sector: Implications for Climate Action​, 6 March 2024
  
• ​Green Digital Actio​n at COP28, UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), 30 November - 12 December 2023, Dubai, UAE 
  
• Greening Data Centers Climate Classroom at COP28, UN CC:Learn, 11 December 2023, online 
• Digital Solutions for Climate Action Climate Classroom at COP28​, UN CC: Learn, 6 December 2023, online ​
• Digital Transformation on a Livable Planet, World Bnk, IMF and Financial Times Pavilion, UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), 5 December 2023, Dubai, UAE
  
• Reducing ICT Sector GHG Emissions, Finland Pavilion in partnership with Nokia, UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), 3 December 2023, Dubai, UAE
  
• Climate Connections Mixer, China-UAE Economy & Trade Exchange Center, UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), 3 December 2023, Dubai, UAE
  
• Unleashing collaborative power f​​or a sustainable digital tech industry, High-level opening session of Green Digital Action, UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), 2 December 2023, Dubai, UAE
  
• ITU Generation Connect: Youth for Green Digital Action, 18th UN Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY18), 27 November 2023, Dubai, UAE ​​
  
• Launch of a joint report titled 'Greening Digital Companies 2023: Monitoring Emissions and Climate Commitments​, virtual, 09:00 and 18:00 CEST, 0​2 October 2023 
  
• Investing in the Digital and Green Transformation - Launch of Green Data Centers Guide​, co-organized by GIZ and the World Bank, Africa Climate Summit side event, 5th September 2023, Nairobi, Kenya and virtual
• Going Green with the Digital Transformation (Session 8)​, ITU Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR), 8 June 2023, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and virtual
• ​​Green and Digital Entrepreneurship: Women and Young People's Perspectives, co-organized with UN CC:Learn at COP27, 16 November 2022
• Turning digital innovation into climate action to reach Net Zero​, UNFCCC exhibit at COP27, Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, 14 - 17 November 2022
  
• Greening Digital Companies: Monitoring Emissions and Climate Commitments, co-organized with the World Benchmarking Alliance, 23 June 2022, virtual
  
• Generation Connect Global Youth Summit "Masterclass #1: Applying the power of digital technology for climate action", 2 June 2022, Kigali, Rwanda and virtual​
  
• WSIS ALFM C7: E-Environment "Digital Public Goods for Climate Change Adaptation", co-organized with WMO and UNEP, co-organized with WMO and UNEP, 30 May 2022, virtual
  
• UNIDO LKDF Forum 2022 session on "How can digitalization and green skills help achieve inclistivty in education" co-organized with ITCILO, 22 September 2021, virtual