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What is ICT?
Built on the 4 Cs
Computing Communication Content Capacity and human
ICT is more than computers and telephony ICT is embedded in virtually all
Industrial Commercial and Service system
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ICTs have helped us solve many challenges such as connecting us globally entertaining us in every possible way helping us to be more productive, efficient and effective. This valuable Sector has a negative side too
The relationship among ICTs, innovation and the environment is often examined in terms of three distinct kinds of effects Direct effects: The impacts and opportunities created by the physical existence of ICT and the processes involved Indirect effects: The impacts and opportunities created by the ongoing use and application of ICT Systemic effects: The impacts and opportunities created by the aggregated effects of large numbers of people using ICT over the medium to long term.
Impact
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In the US, 50 clean room workers (working in sealed rooms where microchips another electronic parts are made in a dust-free environment) have brought a case claiming that IBM and other high-tech companies withheld vital information that workers could have used to protect themselves.
Over 250 worker health lawsuits have been filed against IBM in America alone some 57 relate to birth defects in workers children
Negative Aspects on Environment Consumption of energy Consumption of natural resources Generation of waste
Positive Aspects on Environment Dematerialization (digitization of information) Reduction of movement and transportation Making industry and lifestyles more efficient etc.
Should quantify both environmental aspects. Source: ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
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ICTs and its components are directly responsible for production of significant amount of:
Electronic waste
Green House Gases (GHGs)
Electrical or Electronic appliance that has reached its end-of-life A US National Safety Council Report predicted that 63 million Personal computers will become waste in the US alone in 2004 By 2006, in the US,130 million mobile phones will be thrown out each year
A 2002 report by The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC), concluded: trade in e-waste is an export of real harm to the poor communities of Asia..
A BBCs investigation Recycling poison: e-waste workshops exposed both the human and environmental damage caused by this practice.
Challenge
Toxic materials are attached to non toxic materials which are very difficult to separate. Responsible recycling required
E-Waste recycling emits Carbon dioxide (Co2)
The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during an industrial or domestic process; a measure of how that process contributes toward global warming.
we will have to implement new industrial production systems that generate less waste and fewer disposal components to begin with Recycling is certainly a worthy practice, and by simply tossing the right matter in the right bin
Greenhouse gases ,absorb and emit infrared Total future GHG emissions behave similarly to total future energy consumption Emissions could increase by 32% under worst-case assumption
Conclusion
ICTs can be used as a valuable tool to lessen the effect of climate change global warming and assist the Environment in reaching a sustainable green goal ITU (and climate change) also Focusing on Energy consumption and GHG emissions
Conclusion
OECD strategies and proposed policies linking ICTs to the environment and climate change
Agreeing on a global long-term vision Advancing research and analysis Mobilizing Green ICT Developing indicators and metrics