EEnvironment Toolkit and Readiness Index (EERI) / International Telecommunication Union.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Telecommunication Union, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy consumption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (58 pages)

Other Title:

EEnvironment Toolkit and Readiness Index

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : International Telecommunication Union, 2010.

Summary:

The objective of the e-Environment Toolkit is to help countries, jurisdictions, communities and organizations, particularly those in the developing world, assess the contribution that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can make to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as part of a national climate change strategy and action plan.

Contents:

eEnvironment Toolkit

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 ABOUT THIS E-ENVIRONMENT TOOLKIT AND READINESS INDEX

2 SETTING THE SCENE

2.1 The role of the ITU

2.2 Strategic planning framework

3 THE IMPACT OF ICTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

3.1 The urgent situation regarding climate change

3.2 Can ICTs play a role in reducing carbon emissions?

3.3 The contribution of ICTs to climate change

3.4 ICT-based opportunities for abating climate change

3.5 ICT-based technologies for abating climate change in developing countries

4 MEASURING READINESS FOR E-SUSTAINABILITY

4.1 Approach

4.2 Application of the Toolkit

5 THE EERI

5.1 Using the EERI

5.2 Criteria for selecting indicators for the EERI

5.3 A two-tiered approach to developing indicators

6 CATEGORIES OF INDICATORS

6.1 ICT readiness indicators

6.2 Environmental and sustainability readiness indicators

7 POLICY IMPLICATIONS: INTEGRATING THE E-ENVIRONMENT TOOLKIT IN E-SUSTAINABILITYSTRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

8 NEXT STEPS

Annex1 DISCUSSION OF INDICATORS

ICT readiness indicators

Energy availability and quality indicators

Indicators of the use of ICTs for environmental sustainability

Environmental and e-sustai nability policy indicators

REFERENCES.

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