Transcript Focus Areas of ICT and Environment Initiatives of Governments and Industry Associations Graham Vickery, OECD Workshop 52.

Focus Areas of ICT and Environment Initiatives of
Governments and Industry Associations
Graham Vickery, OECD
Workshop 52. ICTs and an environmentally sustainable Internet
Internet Governance Forum
5 December 2008
Hyderabad, India
Fields of application of wireless sensor networks
smart grids
and energy
control
systems
industrial
applications
animal
tracking and
precision
agriculture
health care
(health monitoring,
medical diagnostics)
smart
buildings (e.g.
indoor climate
control)
selected fields - potential
high environmental impact
logistics and
transportation
Applications of
Wireless
Sensor
Networks
environmental
monitoring
urban terrain
tracking and
civil structure
monitoring
entertainment
security and
surveillance
Focus Areas of ‘Green ICT’ Initiatives
Direct impact of ICTs
Governments
R&D and
Design
Manufacturing Distribution
Use
Disposal
obal Warming
Low
Low
Low
High
Low
Energy Use
Low
Medium
Low
High
Low
Toxicity
Low
Medium
Low
n.a.
Medium
Non-Energy Resource Depletion
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Medium
Land Use
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Medium
Ozone Layer Depletion
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Biodiversity
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Use
Disposal
Direct impact of ICTs
Industry Associations
Global Warming
Energy Use
Toxicity
Non-Energy Resource Depletion
Land Use
Ozone Layer Depletion
Biodiversity
R&D and
Design
Manufacturing Distribution
n.a.
Low
Low
Medium
Low
n.a.
Low
Low
High
Low
n.a.
Low
Low
Low
Medium
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Low
Medium
Medium
n.a.
Low
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n.a.
The percentage out of 75 initiatives targeting a life cycle phase and an environmental impact category explicitly is:
Low: if below 10%, Medium, if above or equal to10% but below 25%, and High, if above or equal to 25%.
Focus Areas of Initiatives using ICTs as an Enabler
Enabling effect of ICTs
Governments
R&D and
Design
Manufacturing Distribution
Use
Disposal
Global Warming
n.a.
Low
Medium
Medium
n.a.
Energy Use
n.a.
Low
Medium
Medium
n.a.
Toxicity
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Non-Energy Resource Depletion
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Low
n.a.
Land Use
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Ozone Layer Depletion
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Biodiversity
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Low
n.a.
Enabling effect of ICTs
Industry Associations
R&D and
Design
Manufacturing Distribution
Use
Disposal
Global Warming
n.a.
Low
Low
Low
n.a.
Energy Use
n.a.
Low
Low
Low
n.a.
Toxicity
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Non-Energy Resource Depletion
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Low
n.a.
Land Use
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Low
Ozone Layer Depletion
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Biodiversity
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Low
n.a.
The percentage out of 75 initiatives targeting a life cycle phase and an environmental impact category explicitly is:
Low: if below 10%, Medium, if above or equal to10% but below 25%, and High, if above or equal to 25%.