Enablers of ITU-D Priorities:

Commitment to environmental sustainability

ITU recognizes that telecommunications/ICTs come with risks, challenges and opportunities for the environment. ITU is committed to helping to use telecommunications/ICTs for monitoring, mitigating and adapting to climate change, facilitating digital solutions for energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions and protecting human health and the environment from e-waste. ITU will apply an environmental lens across its work to promote sustainable digital transformation, while at the same time continuing to address climate change from within and systematically integrate environmental sustainability considerations across its operations in line with the Strategy for Sustainability Management in the United Nations System 2020-2030

ITU-D Priorities:

Affordable Connectivity
Digital Transformation
Enabling policy and regulatory environment
Resource mobilization and international cooperation
Inclusive and secure telecommunications/ICTs for sustainable development

In Focus

Environment

As we become more connected, responsible innovation and environmental and circular considerations must become integral in the design, development, and deployment of digital technologies to address climate change, and transition to a green and circular economy. With rapid growth of our digital society and increasing use of electrical and electronic equipment, e-waste and the ICT sector’s carbon footprint has grown rapidly.
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