tailieunhanh - ICTs for e-EnvironmentGuidelines for Developing Countries, with a Focus on Climate Change

The impact of human activities on the environment – and on climate change in particular – are issues of growing concern confronting life on Earth. At the same time, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are being rapidly deployed around the world. Although ICTs require energy resources, they also offer a number of opportunities to advance global environmental research, planning and action. This includes monitoring and protecting the environment as well as mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. This report, ICTs for e-Environment, reviews key ICT trends and provides an overview of the impact that ICTs have on the environment and climate change as well as their. | ICTs for e-Environment Guidelines for Developing Countries with a Focus on Climate Change ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division Policies and Strategies Department ITU Telecommunication Development Sector Final report International Telecommunication Union Acknowledgements This report ICTs for e-Environment - Guidelines for Developing Countries with a Focus on Climate Change was prepared by Richard Labelle rlab@ The Aylmer Group with input from Ralph Rodschat Ralph Rodschat rodschat@ in Montreal Canada and Tony Vetter tvetter@ of the International Institute for Sustainable Development IISD Winnipeg Canada under the supervision of Kerstin Ludwig ITU . The authors wish to acknowledge the input of several in the preparation of this report. Many thanks to Robert Shaw former Head of the ITU s ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division for initiating the project and commenting on successive drafts. Thanks also to Kerstin Ludwig of the ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division at ITU for initiating the project helping to conceptualize and structure the report to contribute to its content and format as well as providing critical comments throughout the project. The overall layout CD-Rom layout and desktop publishing were done by Sarah Roxas. Administrative support was provided by Anne-Marie Gertsch and the team at ITU s Publication Composition Service produced the report and the CD-Rom. Ralph Rodschat would like to thank Nortel for the authorization to participate in this study as an independent advisor. The views expressed in this document do not necessarily represent the views of Nortel. We also wish to thank Kevin Grose Coordinator of the Information Service programme and his colleagues of the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC in Bonn Germany Derek Gliddon Programme Head Spatial Unit and Jerry Harrison Head of Development at UNEP-WCMC offices in Cambridge United .