Executive Summary of the ITU-T Working Party 2/5 Meeting “Environment, Energy Efficiency and the Circular Economy” (Geneva, 5-9 March 2018)
Statistics
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Participants: 35
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Contributions: 32
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TDs (not counting the revisions): 77
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Incoming/ Outgoing liaison
statements: 1 incoming liaison statements / 6 Outgoing liaison statements
TD 494 (also see
LS database)
Main discussions and results
At its meeting in Geneva, 5-9 March 2018, ITU-T Study Group 5 achieved the following outcomes:
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Consented Recommendations: 6 at this meeting;
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Recommendations Decided/Determined/Approved: none at this meeting;
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Recommendations agreed for Deletion: none at this meeting;
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Other texts agreed: none at this meeting;
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New work items: 8 at this meeting
Major accomplishments
Recommendations Consented by WP2/5 for Last Call (AAP - Recommendation A.8)
New Recommendations
| L.1207 | L.400migration | Progressive migration of Telecom/ICT site to 400VDC sources and distribution | Q6/5 |
TD458-R3 |
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L.1222 |
L.ENST3supercap |
Innovative energy storage technology for stationary use - Part 3: Supercapacitor technology |
Q6/5 |
TD462-R7 |
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L.1351 |
L.BMM |
Base station site energy parameter measurement methodology |
Q6/5 |
TD459-R2 |
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L.1030 |
L.EWFrame |
E-Waste management framework for countries |
Q7/5 |
TD472-R2 |
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L.1450 |
L.MAE |
Methodologies for the assessment of the environmental impact of the ICT sector |
Q9/5 |
TD471-R2 |
| L.1460 | L.Connect2020
framework | Connect 2020 GHG emissions, guidelines | Q9/5 |
TD470-R2 |
Agreed informative texts
Agreed questionnaire
New work items
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TD479-R3 | L.ENV-KPI-5G-ARCH | Environmental KPIs/metrics for 5G architectures | Q6/5 |
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TD480-R3 |
L.EE_slicing | Energy efficiency and slicing of IMT2020/5G |
Q6/5 |
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TD489-R2 |
L.SM_EN | Smart energy for cities and home applications |
Q6/5 |
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TD475-R1 |
L.EWFrame | E-waste management framework for countries |
Q7/5 |
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TD477-R2 | L.AUVE | Effects for ICT enabled autonomy on vehicles longevity and waste creation |
Q6/5 |
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TD478-R2 |
L.SEEQ | Effect for global ICT of the potential of selling services instead of equipment on the waste creation and environmental impacts | Q7/5 |
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TD483-R4 |
L.ARCH_EoL_CE | Environmental impact of architecture solutions with regards to end of life (EoL) and Circular Economy (CE) | Q7/5 |
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TD492-R4 | L.methodology_arch | Methodology to assess the environmental impact of different proposed architectures |
Q7/5 |
List of stale work items
There were no stale work items for Working Party 2/5 Questions.
Working Party 2/5 - Environment, Energy Efficiency and the Circular Economy
Working Party 2 made significant progress and achieved the following key outcomes:
Question 6/5 - Achieving energy efficiency and smart energy
The Rapporteur of Q6/5 (Ms Qi Shuguang) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD446-R1, which was approved with modifications.
All 9 Contributions received were reviewed and the documents under study were improved based on the Contributions received. One incoming liaison statement was discussed and 4 outgoing liaison statements were prepared.
Draft Recommendations ITU-T L.400migration "Progressive migration of Telecom/ICT site to 400VDC sources and distribution", ITU-T L.ENST3 "Innovative energy storage technology for stationary use – Part 3: Supercapacitor technology" and ITU-T L.BMM "Base station site energy parameter measurement methodology" were submitted for consent to WP2/5.
Three new work items, ITU-T L.ENV-KPI-5G-ARCH "Environmental KPIs/metrics for 5G architectures", ITU-T L.EE_slicing "Energy efficiency and Slicing of IMT2020/5G" and ITU-T L.SM_EN "Smart energy for cities and home applications" were created.
The report of Q6/5 meeting is contained in
TD454-R4.
Question 7/5 - Circular economy including e-waste
The Co-rapporteur of Q7/5 (Ms Nevine Mounir Tewfik Loutfi) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD447-R2.
During the meeting, 13 contributions were discussed covering the following work items: ITU-T L.BP on "Best practices on e-waste management"; ITU-T L1000Rev on "Universal power adapter and charger solution for mobile terminals and other hand-held ICT devices"; ITU-T L. EW 2020 "Connect 2020 agenda E-Waste reduction"; ITU-T L.CE "Circular Economy: Guidelines to migrate to circular ICT network"; ITU-T L.CEM "Criteria for evaluation of the environmental impact of mobile phones"; and ITU-T L. RE "Guidelines and Accreditation for e-Waste Recyclers".
Experts discussed these work items and agreed on a way forward. Ms. Francesca Cenni from the Basel Convention delivered a presentation related to the Connect 2020 agenda reduction target including methodologies for inventories and assessment of e- waste (TD465).
In addition, one more work item was approved as ITU-T L.EWFrame "E- waste management framework for countries" based on
C185. The draft Recommendation ITU-T L.EWFrame has been reviewed and is contained in
TD472-R2. Experts agreed to submit it for consent during the WP2/5 meeting. The work item ITU-T L.CE has been reviewed and a new TD containing the revised scope of this work item was submitted in an A.1 justification template (TD469-R1).
TD 469-R1 focuses on L.CE concepts and replaces the existing A.1 contained in
TD1760.
In addition, three new work items covering new topics were created.
Moreover, Q7/5 discussed the comments received on Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.EPR "Extended producer responsibility - Guidelines for sustainable e-waste management" which is currently under AAP and integrated the comments received in the new
TD495. It was agreed that this TD will be posted for Additional Review comments by TSB.
The report of Q7/5 meeting is contained in
TD455-R2.
Question 9/5 - Climate change and assessment of information and communication technology (ICT) in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Associate Rapporteur (Mr Gilbert Buty) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD437-R1.
Co-rapporteurs of Q9/5 (Mr Jean Manuel Canet/ Ms Pernilla Bergmark) chaired the following sessions of Q9/5 meeting.
Q9/5 reviewed 8 new Contributions. Progress has been made on draft Recommendations ITU-T L.MAE "Methodologies for the assessment of the environmental impact of the ICT sector", ITU-T L.Connect2020 framework "Connect 2020 GHG emissions, guidelines" and ITU-T L.MAAP "Methodology for assessing the aggregated positive sector-level impacts of ICT in other sectors".
Two new Draft Recommendations, namely ITU-T L.MAE and ITU-T L.Connect2020 were submitted for consent to WP2/5.
In addition, Q9/5 informed WP2/5 that is currently consulting the SBT Initiative on how to best progress on the development of draft Recommendation ITU-T L.MAE in order to get its feedback on the approach undertaken by Q9/5 and in order to promote the future use of draft Recommendation ITU-T L.MAE.
The report of Q9/5 meeting is contained in
TD439-R2.
Rapporteur group meetings (including e-meetings)
The complete list of planned meetings can be found
here.
Updates in the SG 5 Management Team and Rapporteurs:
- Click here for the complete list of SG5 Rapporteurs and Associate Rapporteurs.
- Click here for the complete list of SG5 Liaison Rapporteurs and other representative roles.
- Click here for the complete list of SG5 management team.
Connect 2020 Agenda
Work on the Connect 2020 Agenda is currently being carried out within Q7/5 on "Circular economy including e-waste" and Q9/5 on "Climate change and assessment of information and communication technology (ICT) in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)".
Progress was made during this meeting regarding draft Recommendation L.EW2020 on "Connect 2020 agenda e-waste reduction". This Recommendation is expected to be consented at the SG5 meeting in September 2018.
Draft Recommendation L.1460 (ex. L. Connect2020 framework) on "Connect 2020 GHG emissions Guidelines" was consented. This Recommendation provides guidelines to reach the Connect 2020 GHG emissions target. It is intended to be utilized by relevant stakeholders, while taking into consideration the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 goal and the objectives of the Paris Agreement. It also presents examples of actions taken in order to limit the GHG emissions in the ICT sector.
Forthcoming events
8th Green Standards Week
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN Habitat, Basel Convention, UN Environment, UNIDO and United Nations University (UNU) are organizing the eighth edition of the Green Standards Week, from
9 to 12 April 2018 in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
The 8th Green Standards Week is dedicated to the theme
"Linking circular economy and Industry 4.0", and will be kindly hosted by the Universal Communications Service Access Fund (UCSAF) and Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), Zanzibar, Tanzania.
More information is available
here.
ITU-T Study Group 5 regional group for Africa (SG5RG-AFR) and ITU-T Study Group 5 regional group for Arab Region (SG5RG-ARB)
During the 8
th GSW, the
ITU-T SG5 Regional Group for Africa meeting will take place on 9 April 2018 and the
ITU-T SG5 Regional Group for the Arab Region meeting will take place on 10 April 2018.
ITU-T Study Group 5 regional group for Latin America (SG5RG-LATAM)
ITU-T Study Group 5 Regional Group for Latin America (SG5RG-LATAM)
and ITU-T Study Group 20 Regional Group for Latin America (SG20RG-LATAM), at the kind invitation of the National Spectrum Agency (ANE), will hold their regional meeting at the Hotel Las Américas in Cartagena de Indias on
19 and 20 April 2018.
More information on SG5RG-LATAM meeting is available
here.
Dates of next ITU-T SG5 meeting
- The next meeting of ITU-T SG5 will take place from 11 to 21 September 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland.
