ICT and the Environment

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ICT and the Environment

• Mr. Mahesh Pradhan
• Environmental Affairs Officer
• UNEP/ROAP, Bangkok
• pradhan_at_un.org
• Third Inter-Agency Coordination Meeting
• APT Conference Hall, 10 October 2002

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http//www.gesi.org
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Asia-Pacific scenario

• Largest population and geographic coverage
• Varied environmental/ICT issues
• Sub-regional division
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Northeast Asia
• South Pacific

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Impacts of ICT on the EnvironmentOECD Study,
2001

• First order impacts manufacture, supply chain,
  use, disposal (direct)
• ICT applications monitoring
• - e-Waste
• Second order efficiency gains (indirect)
• dematerialization electronic directories
• - incomplete substitution
• Third order feedback processes
• life style changes
• - rebound effect

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ICTEAP Thematic areas

• Strong applications focus
• Complement industry strengths of GeSI
• Empowerment of impoverished groups
• Enhancement of eco-efficiency and transparency
  through public access to environmental
  information
• Encouragement of cleaner production and
  sustainable consumption patterns
• Promotion of southsouth and regional cooperation

Environment
Empowerment of Impoverished Groups
Enhancing Environmental Governance
ICT
Governance
Poverty
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• Empowerment
• of
• impoverished groups

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• Enhancement of eco-efficiency
• and transparency
• through public access to
• environmental information

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• Encouragement of
• cleaner production and
• sustainable consumption
• patterns

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• Promotion of
• SouthSouth
• and
• regional cooperation

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ICTEAP the road ahead

• Pilot Projects
• Expansion of DAGs model -ASEAN
• Four thematic areas
• Regional Network
• 4 thematic centres of excellence
• Web based dissemination of experiences
• UNEP - network secretariat
• Capacity building
• Training for developing countries on applications
• Twinning arrangements

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Conclusion

• Asia-Pacific scenario
• Impact of ICT on the environment
• Thematic areas
• Regional success stories
• Way forward pilot projects, regional network,
  and capacity building