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Outcome of the World Café @ ITU Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change 29 May 2012, Montreal, Canada. Saba Imru ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau . Goal . Working session of the ITU Seventh Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change
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Outcome of the World Café @ ITU Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change 29 May 2012, Montreal, Canada Saba Imru ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Goal • Working session of the ITU Seventh Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change • Ensure active involvement of all participants • Create the foundations for the “future we want” Image: Sara Heppner-Waldston
Overall figures • Over 100 participants • Three conversation rounds • Duration 3 hrs • A total of 246 ideas were generated
Question 1 How can we best use ICTs to address environmental challenges including climate change and e-waste? What resources do we have and what role can our organizations play?
Outcome of Question 1 Total of ideas: 92 Trends: • E-waste, smart recycling • Capacity-building • Mitigation • Applications • Tools to enhance environmental sustainability • Barriers • Methodologies
Question 2 What are the most important dimensions of greening through ICTs, which of these will have the greatest impact and what are the priorities?
Outcome of Question 2 Total of ideas : 63 Trends: • Advocacy • Political will • Awareness-raising • Behavioral changes • Monitoring • Adaptation • Smart-grids, smart-buildings, smart-traffic
Townhall: best use of ICTsand prioritization • Standardization, universal equipment • Harmonization of policies • Political will • Economic and law aspects • Priorities based on what can be afforded • Impact of ICTs on transport • Smart cities • Awareness • Digital divide & environmental sustainability Image: Sara Heppner-Waldston
Question 3 What do you propose as essential next steps and actions?
Outcome of Question 3 Total of ideas: 91 Trends: • Access to ICTs • Standards • Policies • E-waste • Funding and incentives • Partnerships and collaboration
Townhall: Actions • ICTs to monitor the environment • ICTs to reduce energy consumption • Incentives for behavioral change • E-applications • Promote eco-design • Expand research • Use of energy sources • Smart-Grids, Cloud Computing • Gamification • Funding and incentives • Plan of Action, declaration Image: Sara Heppner-Waldston
Townhall: Actions • Multidisciplinary approach • ITU to become a World café • Standardization and methodologies • Include ICTs and CC in UNFCCC, WTSA, Rio+20 Image: Sara Heppner-Waldston
Feedback • Feedback forms received: 48 • Level of satisfaction 5: 28 • Level of satisfaction 4: 18 • Level of satisfaction 3: 2 • Recommend using World Café again: 44
Visual Summary : Best use of ICTs, Roles, Impact, Priorities Image: Sara Heppner-Waldston
Visual Summary : Next Steps Towards the Future We Want Image: Sara Heppner-Waldston
Next steps • A detailed report of the World Café outcome with transcript of all the input ideas • A photo collection of the World Café event and doodles • Outcome shared by participants in their organization • Outcome transmitted to the next relevant events: • Rio+ 20 • ITU Green Standards Week, September 2012 • WTSA-12, November 2012 • UNFCC, December 2012 • ITU 8th Symposium, 2013 • and other International Fora