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Natural Resources Management
This page contains resources on the applications of ICTs in natural resources management. It focuses on global issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity and ozone layer depletion, as well as local and regional concerns such as land degration, deforestation, water resources management, climate forecasting and disease management.
Resources focus on:
- Ways in which ICTs can facilitate dialogue among different social groups, particularly marginalized groups, in different countries, and influence policy decisions.
- Ways in which ICTs and communication strategies are being used to advocate for change.
- Ways in which ICTs are being used to monitor energy and environmental impacts.
Planting the knowledge seed: Adapting to climate change using ICTs - Concepts, current knowledge and innovative examples
This publication explore the practical linkages between climate change, access to and sharing of information and knowledge, communication for development and ICTs in general. More specifically, the publication aims to: 1) Provide an overview of linking the strategic use of ICTs to climate change; 2) Summarize the discussions and conclusions of the BCO Learning Day on ICTs and Climate Change held in December 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa; 3) Demonstrate innovative applications through concrete project examples; and 4) Start a dialogue and stimulate a debate about the added value and applicability of ICTs in climate change programmes.
Learning from the Korean Green IT Strategy
Many countries have created initiatives to pursue green IT, especially Asian nations such as the Republic of Korea and Japan. The Republic of Korea in particular has been active in this area and has developed a comprehensive set of policies designed to transform the nation into a lowcarbon economy and society. The Korean strategy addresses how to make the IT sector more energy efficient, how to use IT to transform society and how to pursue “green jobs”.
ITU's List of Resources on ICTs and Climate Change
This webpage provides references to external resources: background papers, additional information, statistics, and examples, that cover the positive and negative impact that ICTs have on the climate.
ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change - Background Report
The background report has been revised and prepared by the ITU secretariat for the Symposium on ICT and Climate Change in Quito, Ecuador on 8-10 July 2009. New sections highlight the key issues in the region, including deforestation and financing. In addition, the Annex to this report provides an inventory of work underway in ITU on climate change.
ICT World Today - Spring 2009: ICTs and Environment
This second issue of ICT World Today examines the role ICTs play in promoting environmental sustainability, including ways in which ICTs are being used to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Assessment of Global Low-Carbon and Environmental Leadership in the ICT Sector
This is an assessment of 24 of the industry's world-leading providers and an analysis of where the ICT industry is today in relation to its maturity in mitigating environmental risks and exploiting the opportunities that the need for reduced carbon emissions will create.
ICTs and Climate Change: ITU background report
This report has been prepared by the ITU secretariat as a background paper for the ITU/MIC Japan Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change in Kyoto, Japan on 15-16 April 2008, drawing upon the Technology Watch Briefing Report as well as material from the ITU Telecommunication Development and Radiocommunications Sectors. It looks at the potential role that ICTs play at different stages, from contributing to global warming (section 2), to monitoring it (3), to developing long-term solutions to mitigate its effects, both directly in the ICT sector (4) and in other sectors like energy, transport, buildings etc (5), and finally to helping to adapt to its effects (section 6).
ICTs for e-Environment
This report reviews key ICT trends and provides an overview of the impact that ICTs have on the environment and climate change as well as their role in helping mankind to mitigate and adapt to these changes. The report approaches the topic from a developmental perspective and is based on consultations with key actors and extensive online research. The report documents current activities and initiatives and makes a set of recommendations for strengthening the capacity of developing countries to make beneficial use of ICTs to mitigate and adapt to environmental change, including climate change.
High Tech: Low Carbon - The role of technology in tackling climate change
This report looks at the role of technology in tackling climate change, the progress Intellect has made to date and the significant challenges the association, as a sector and stakeholder, face ahead in the UK.
ICT Research: The policy perspective - Climate Change and ICT
The report examines how information and communications technology, or ICT, can help us to monitor and prepare for climate change and take steps towards more sustainable growth.
The Contribution of ICT to Climate Change Mitigation
Seven contributions of ICT to mitigating climate change are laid out in this working paper and can be grouped into the following three logical categories: infrastructure innovation; behavioural change and green enablement; and energy efficiency of ICT products and solutions.
SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age
This report has quantified the direct emissions from ICT products and services based on expected growth in the sector. It also looked at where ICT could enable significant reductions of emissions in other sectors of the economy and has quantified these in terms of CO2e emission savings and cost savings. The report also launches the SMART framework, a guide for developing ICT solutions. Through standards, monitoring and accounting (SMA) tools and rethinking (R) and optimising how we live and work, ICT could be one crucial piece of the overall transformation (T) to a low carbon economy. Smart motor systems, Smart logistics, Smart buildings and Smart grids are explored.
ICTs and Climate Change - ITU-T Technology Watch Report #3
This report looks at the potential role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) play at different stages of the process of climate change, from contributing to global warming, to monitoring it, to mitigating its impact on the most vulnerable parts of the globe, to developing long-term solutions, both directly in the ICT sector and in other sectors like energy, transport, buildings etc. The final sections examine what ITU-T is already doing in this field and describe strategic options for the future.
ICT and climate change: making the connection
A discussion paper on the scope for using ICT to reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
How ICT can make a difference in agricultural livelihoods
Agriculture is an important sector with the majority of the rural population in developing countries depending on it. The sector faces major challenges of enhancing production in a situation of dwindling natural resources necessary for production. The growing demand for agricultural products, however, also offers opportunities for producers to sustain and improve their livelihoods. ICT plays an important role in addressing these challenges and uplifting the livelihoods of the rural poor. This article explores the potential contribution of ICT to the livelihoods of small-scale farmers and the efficiency of the agricultural sector in developing countries.
Saving the Climate @ the Speed of Light: First roadmap for reduced CO2 emissions in the EU and beyond
This document demonstrates that there is a potential to allow the ICT sector to provide leadership. The concrete cases provided in this document are based on existing and implemented ICT solutions. They offer a new way for finding solutions, and show that Telecom operators can be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.
Mobile Telephony as an Enabler of Environmental Action in the Philippines
This study discusses the use of mobile telephony, particularly, SMS-based initiatives to promote awareness and involve citizens in advancing environmental protectionin the Philippines. The study also provides information on ICTs in the Philippines with focus on mobile communication as well as case studies on previous and current ICT-based public programmes.
Renewable Natural Resources Strategic ICT Framework and Sectoral ICT Masterplan, Kingdom of Bhutan, Version 1.0
This document examines strategies for integrating information and communications technology (ICT) in the Renewable Natural Resources sector. Based on the analysis of appropriate documents, key informant interviews and a SWOT analysis of the ICT capabilities of the RNR Sector, several options and strategic directions were identified. The first part of the document gives the strategic framework, and the second part, the sectoral ICT Masterplan.
Communication for Development: A medium for innovation in natural resources management
The document presents, through stories and examples, the experience of many people and projects worldwide where communication methods and approaches have been applied to address NRM problems. These lessons will help decision makers, planners and practitioners understand why and how communication for development activities can support sustainable natural resource management and rural development efforts.
Communication and Natural Resource Management: An e-forum on perspectives, principles and future directions
Throughout September 2003, 49 individuals working in the field of communication and natural resource management (CNRM) participated in an on-line discussion jointly moderated by FAO and The Communication Initiative. This e-forum was based on a review of the book “Communication and Natural Resource Management: Experience/Theory.” Participants analysed the main results of the e-forum and made recommendations for future action. The online discussion, focused on the relation between theory and practice, questioning principles and guidelines which frame successful CNRM practice and ways in which to improve the use of communication for sustainable NRM.
Communication and Natural Resource Management: Experience/Theory
This book has been written as a tool for people involved or interested in communication and natural resource management who seek a better understanding of how different theories and strategic change principles relate to actual practise. It is not, however, a book of theory nor is it an argument for one approach over another. Instead, it relates a variety of theories and change principles in simplified, almost schematic form, to a series of real initiatives in the field through interactive experiences.
Information Society and Sustainable Development: Exploring the Linkages
This paper explores the relationship between the information society and sustainable development, in particular, the impact of the information society on the environment.
(in Korean)