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Work item:
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L.SMART
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Subject/title:
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Impact assessment framework for evaluating how ICT-based subsea infrastructure could support climate, environmental and biodiversity monitoring in the oceans
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Status:
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Under study
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Approval process:
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AAP
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Type of work item:
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Recommendation
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Version:
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New
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Equivalent number:
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-
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Timing:
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2026 (Medium priority)
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Liaison:
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Supporting members:
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Portugal, China Telecom, ANCOM, Telecom Italia
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Summary:
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Information and communication technologies can be used to monitor subsea climate, environmental and biodiversity indicators, including water temperature, pressure and the level of sea rising, among others. Among those, ocean sensing technologies, and in particular SMART Cables can play a pivotal role in this effort. This monitoring capacity, will also generate new data streams that could be used for scientific, research and policy development purposes, leveraging the role of SMART Cables to support global climate and environmental action.
However, there is no scientific and effective impact assessment framework for evaluating how ICT-based subsea infrastructure could support climate, environmental and biodiversity monitoring in the oceans. In other words, there is a lack of uniform capability assessment methodologies for ocean sensing technologies in monitoring subsea climate, environmental and biodiversity indicators.
This Recommendation will help countries in becoming more resilient for climate change as it will help in creating metrics to assess how SMART Cables are helping to monitor in real time key climate indicators, such as (but not limited to): temperature of the bottom of the sea, level of sea rising, salinity and even biodiversity.
It will also develop a metric related to the impact of SMART Cables on Climate change resilience in a given region or area.
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Comment:
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First registration in the WP:
2023-07-13 10:19:55
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Last update:
2024-07-03 14:54:31
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