Yoh SOMEMURA

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Report of ITU-T Focus Group on ICTs and Climate
Change
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
DOCUMENT GSC14-PLEN-057
FOR Presentation
SOURCE TTC
AGENDA ITEM 6.8 ICT the Environment
CONTACT(S) Yoh SOMEMURA

• Yoh SOMEMURA
• The Telecommunication Technology Committee
• (TTC)
• as Prime PSO for ICT Environment

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Background

• UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  (IPCC) foresees further rise in average global
  temperatures of between 1.4 and 5.8C by the end
  of the century.
• Climate change concerns us all. Requires efforts
  by all sectors of society, including information
  and communication technologies (ICTs) sector.
• ICTs contribute only 2.5 of total greenhouse
  gases. This will grow as use of ICTs expands
  globally at faster rate than the general economy.
• ICTs Part of the cause of global warming, but
  can also be part of the solution, e.g., through
  promoting carbon displacement technologies.

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Roles of ITU

• Determining how to
• Reduce energy consumed by ICT equipment and
  services
• 2) Evaluate energy savings of various social
  activities by using ICTs
• 3) Measure climate change
• 4) Encourage society to reduce energy by using
  ICTs and
• 5) Promote enlightenment of ICT potential.

ITU-T Technology Watch Briefing Report ICT and
Climate Change (Nov. 2007)
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Establishment of FG-ICTCC in ITU-T

• ITU Kyoto Symposium (April 2008)
• Energy saving contributions by using ICT services
• Need for an internationally agreed common
  methodology for measuring environmental impact of
  ICTs on climate change
• Proposal for establishment of a new FG
• ITU London Symposium (June 2008)
• Proposal for ToR of new FG
• New ITU-T FG on ICTs and Climate Change (TSAG,
  July 2008)

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Structure and Milestones of FG-ICTCC
A new Focus Group was established in
ITU-T in July 2008.

• Chair David Faulkner (BT, UK)
• Vice Chair Yoh Somemura (NTT, Japan), Sung-Chul
  Kang (Korea), Franz Zichy (USA), Nabil Kisrawi
  (Syria)
• Milestones
• 1. Definitions (Deliverable Sep. 2008)
• 2. Gap analysis (Deliverable Dec. 2008)
• 3. Methodology (Deliverable Mar. 2009)
• 4. Direct indirect impact of ITU-T standards
• (Deliverable Dec. 2008)
• Note
• - Report on Deliverables to TSAG in Apr. 2009
• - Includes non-ITU members

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Scope of FG-ICTCC

• Internationally agreed common methodology for
  measuring the following impacts of ICTs on
  climate change

• Reduction of ICTs own emissions over their
  entire lifecycles (direct impact)
• gt Power reduction methods

• Mitigation that follows adoption of ICTs in other
  relevant sectors (indirect impact)
• gt CO2 saving calculation methods

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Participants of FG face-to-face meeting

• 1st meeting September 13, 2008 (ITU-T
  headquarters, Geneva)
• 2nd meeting November 2528, 2008 (ITU-T
  headquarters, Geneva)
• 3rd meeting March 2427, 2009 (Hiroshima, Japan)

Country Delegates at 1st meeting Delegates at 2nd meeting Delegates at 3rd meeting Country Delegates at 1st meeting Delegates at 2nd meeting Delegates at 3rd meeting
Belgium 3 1 1 Japan 12 11 73
Canada 2 0 0 Jordan 0 1 0
China 6 1 2 Korea 7 8 7
Ecuador 1 0 0 Syria 1 1 0
Egypt 1 1 0 Sri Lanka 0 0 1
Finland 0 1 1 Sweden 1 2 1
France 6 3 3 Switzerland 4 2 1
Greece 3 0 0 Togo 1 0 0
Germany 2 0 1 USA 8 9 4
India 0 1 0 UK 9 5 2
Indonesia 1 0 0 ITU-T 3 2 3
Italy 0 2 1 TOTAL 71 51 101
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Structure of FG-ICTCC

• Three Working Groups
• WG-A Deliverables 1 and 3 (Definitions and
  Methodology)
• WG-B Deliverable 2 (Gap analysis)
• WG-C Deliverable 3 (Direct and indirect impacts
  of ITU-T standards)
• Management Committee
• A group that organizes meetings and events.
• Includes FG Chairman and Vice-chairmen,
  representatives of TSB, other volunteers with
  experience of ITU or related activities.
• Has fortnightly teleconferences on Wednesdays.

FG on ICTCC, Management Committee
WG-A Definitions and Methodology
WG-C Direct Indirect Impacts of ITU-T Standards
WG-B Gap Analysis
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Results of FG-ICTCC
FG produced final reports, including Executive
Summary for each Deliverable, in March 2009 as
follows
(1) Terms and definitions concerning ICTCC (2)
Gap analysis of energy-saving measures on the
basis of ongoing activities inside and outside
ITU-T (3) Internationally agreed methodology for
calculating environmental impact of ICT (4)
Tools and guidelines for energy saving from the
use of ICTs.
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Overhead View of Contribution from Each Country
?Safety? Ubiquitous sensor (Korea) ICT adaptation
(Egypt)
?Possibility of NW? Energy efficiency of fixed
and wireless (Finland)
?Gap analysis regarding ICT climate
change? Overview of Standards activities in this
area (TSB)
?Evaluation tools? Industry Scorecard
(USA) Climate Stabilization Intensity (UK)
?Methodology for evaluation? Environmental
assessment method (Japan, UK) Energy reduction
(AIM, Korea) CO2 reduction (UK) LCA (France,
Switzerland)
?Evaluation of ICT impact? Smart 2020
(GeSI) Green IT (Korea)
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References

• TTC Japan has contributed to the Deliverables of
  FG.
• http//www.itu.int/ITU-T/focusgroups/climate/index
  .html

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Del. 1 Definitions
Energy consumption reduction through the use of
ICTs is defined as the difference between the
energy consumption reduction effect by utilizing
ICTs and the energy consumption through the use
of ICTs.
Purpose of Standardizing Calculation Method
To quantitatively calculate the energy
reduction through the use of ICTs. To enable
ICT users to quantitatively show their
contribution when they use ICTs so that they can
include that contribution in their CO2 reduction
activities. To clarify the contribution of the
ICT sector in other sectors. This will make it
possible to study (1) specific measures using
ICTs to combat global warming, and (2) the use
of ICTs as a CO2 reduction measure in CDM.
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Basic Concept
CO2 reduction of all other sectors by ICTs
Energy consumption reduction through the use of
ICTs is defined as follows.
Energy consumption reduction
Reduction effect of energy consumption by
utilizing ICTs
Energy consumption through the use of ICTs

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Del. 3 Methodology
The energy consumption reduction effect by
utilizing ICTs and the energy consumption
through the use of ICTs.
The energy consumption reduction effect by
utilizing ICTs can be generally calculated as
follows if the consumption of goods/services by
utilizing ICTs can be identified.
Impact of consumption of goods/services on the
environment
Unit energy consumption when one unit of
goods/ services is consumed
Energy consumption reduction effect


The energy consumption through the use of ICTs
can be generally calculated as follows if the
amount used by the device/network (NW) can be
identified.
Energy consumption
Amount used by device/NW used
Unit energy consumption when one unit of
device/NW is used


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Del. 2 Gap analysis
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications (MIC) of Japan recommend setting
environmentally conscious indexes to enable
operators to compare energy efficiencies and
select products from the twin viewpoints of
service provision and emissions reduction.

• Study Group on ICT Policies for Resolving Global
  Warming Problems (MIC 2008.4)

Consumption of ICTs
In 2012, ICTs will contribute to a reduction of
38 ( 68-30) million tons of CO2 in ICT and
broadcasting sectors.
30Mt-CO2
of CO2 emission
68Mt-CO2
Reduction effect by ICTs
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Del. 4 Direct indirect impact
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications (MIC) of Japan has developed a
handbook for corporations and organizations that
use ICT systems with the aim of providing
guidelines and advice for limiting the negative
impacts on the environment while enhancing the
positive when ICT systems are introduced,
operated, and disposed of.

• Study Group on ICT System and Network for
  Reducing Environmental Impacts (MIC 2007.3)
• Guideline for enterprises and municipalities for
  reducing environmental impact by using ICTs
• Checklists for
• adopting eco-friendly ICT framework
• choosing eco-friendly ICT devices
• adopting eco-friendly ICT providers
• using ICT systems in an eco-friendly way
• disposing and recycling of ICT systems in an
  eco-friendly way

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Japan invited the 3rd meeting to Hiroshima in
March 2009.
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