ITU elected officials


“Climate change is a concern for all of humanity and requires efforts on the part of all sectors of society, including the ICT sector.”

Hamadoun I. Touré
Secretary-General


“ITU is working to demonstrate that clean information and communication technologies for sustainable development are key in combating climate change.”

Houlin Zhao
Deputy Secretary-General


“New radio technologies are already reducing power requirements and, consequently, greenhouse gas emissions.”

Valery Timofeev
Director, Radiocommunication Bureau


We have already seen in ITU a phenomenal level of effort put into finding ways to reduce power consumption in ICT networks and devices.”

Malcolm Johnson
Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau


A vital goal of ITU is to help the most vulnerable countries in the developing world, which often do not have the resources to adapt to climate change.”

Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid
Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau

photo credit: ITU/J.M. Ferré