
Resilient pathways: the adaptation of the ICT sector to climate change
This report explores the impacts of climate change on the information and communication technology...
Commissioned by GeSI and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the report shows how ICT can be used in a number of ways to meet the requirements of the three main pillars of the Bali Action Plan arising from COP-13 in December 2007: enhanced action on adaptation, cooperative action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and actions on mitigation of climate change. ICT can address these and other problems that all countries (particularly developing countries) face with respect to climate change. ICT can also be used to mitigate the impact of other sectors on greenhouse gas emissions and to help countries adapt to climate change.
The Conference of the Parties in December 2007 (COP-13) developed the Bali Action Plan4. This calls for:
This paper will show how ICTs can assist with each of these actions.
CLIMATE ADAPTATION CASE STUDIES:
ACTIONS ON MITIGATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE:
This report explores the impacts of climate change on the information and communication technology...
This report determines the sustainability issues that are of highest consequence to the ICT industry