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		<title>ICT Symposium Adopts Roadmap on Smart, Sustainable Cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are critical in creating smart sustainable cities and addressing climate change, according to participants at the Eighth International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change. Participants adopted a “Turin Roadmap” that calls on ITU to promote smart technologies in cities and develop key performance indicators to assess ICTs impacts in cities and countries around the world. Participants also discussed, inter alia: climate change adaptation and mitigation; disaster preparedness; e-waste; and a transition to a green, resource efficient economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Eighth ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change: Smart Sustainable Cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eighth International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Symposium on Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), the Environment and Climate Change will convene from 6-7 May 2013 in Turin, Italy. The symposium's theme is “Smart Sustainable Cities” and will bring together experts to discuss the latest initiatives in the development of smart cities, with a view to determining the best path forward in leveraging ICTs to enhance cities' environmental sustainability. Agenda items include: energy efficiency, clean power and the smart grid as engines for sustainable urban growth; integrated ICT solutions for smart sustainable cities and empowered citizens; ICTs and climate monitoring; and climate change adaptation and emergency telecommunications in urban areas. The symposium is organized by ITU in partnership with the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, will be hosted by Telecom Italia at its innovation center. This symposium will be held in conjunction with the first meeting of the new Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities, on 8 May, and a Workshop on Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, on 9 May.]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Launches Third Green ICT Application Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has launched the Third Green Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Application Challenge, in collaboration with Telefónica. The Challenge invites submissions in the following areas: adaptation to climate change; management of energy, water, health services or waste; town planning, including smart buildings; smart sustainable societies, community participation and environmental education; and transport and mobility.]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Telecom World Considers ICT&#039;s Role in Disaster Risk Prevention</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/itu-telecom-world-considers-icts-role-in-disaster-risk-prevention/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITU Telecom World 2012 debated the defining challenges of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, including the role of smart applications in achieving sustainable development. The “Saving Lives with ICT” session highlighted ICTs for monitoring environmental change and predicting and detecting disasters. Two new ITU initiatives on sustainable development and effective disaster management were launched at the event. ]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Discusses Role of ICTs in the Smart Grid to Promote Energy Efficiency</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITU has released a report titled “Boosting Energy Efficiency Through Smart Grids,” which discusses the role of ICTs in the smart grid to promote energy efficiency and also discusses the possible path toward a “green” ICT. The report concludes by underlining the need for an optimal trade-off among performance, redundancy, reliability and energy efficiency in the design of the communication architecture for smart grids.]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Publishes Case Study on the Role of ICTs in Addressing Climate Change in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/itu-publishes-case-study-on-the-role-of-icts-in-addressing-climate-change-in-ghana/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using Ghana as a case study, the report presents the potential of ICTs to contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, and provides concrete lessons learned and makes practical suggestions aimed at developing country decision makers and practitioners. The report was officially launched at the second ITU Green Standards Week.]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Launches Initiatives on Sustainable Development and Disaster Preparedness</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/itu-launches-initiatives-on-sustainable-development-and-disaster-preparedness/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) launched m-Powering Development and the Smart Sustainable Development Model (SSDM), two initiatives that aim to achieve sustainable development and improved disaster preparedness and response through smart information and communication technologies (ICT).]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Green Standards Week Adopts Declaration on Green Growth and Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/itu-green-standards-week-adopts-declaration-on-green-growth-and-climate-change/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ITU Second Green Standards Week featured a variety of forums and sessions on sustainable cities, energy efficiency and ICTs, e-waste, greening the ICT supply chain, greening the economy through ICT standards, environmental sustainability, environmental impact assessments of ICT, and submarine communications networks for climate monitoring and disaster warning.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Second ITU Green Standards Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This event is being organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and TechAmerica Europe, and will be hosted by Microsoft. The aim of the event is to raise awareness of the importance and opportunities of using information and communication technology (ICT) standards to build a green economy. The week will include: a Forum on Greener Smarter Better Cities to be organized by ITU and the European Commission; a Forum on Boosting Smart Grids through Energy Efficient ICT to be organized by ITU; a Forum on Mapping E-Waste to Address Future Challenges to be jointly organized by ITU, the UN University (UNU) and CEDARE; a Forum on Greening the ICT Supply Chain to be jointly organized by ITU, UNU and CEDARE; a High Level Segment on Greening the Economy through ICT Standards to be jointly organized by ITU, TechAmerica Europe and Microsoft; a Forum on Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector to be jointly organized by ITU and ETNO; an Information and Training Session on ITU Methodologies for Environmental Impact Assessment of ICT to be organized by ITU and GeSI; and a session on Submarine Communications Networks For Climate Monitoring and Disaster Warning to be organized by ITU, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Symposium Adopts Declaration on ICTs for Climate Change and Sustainable Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Declaration was adopted at the 7th ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change, which was held to promote the “green ICT” agenda. The Declaration, among other things, calls for increased investment in smart technologies and ICT-based clean technologies as means of promoting green growth and sustainable development.]]></description>
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