Cristina Bueti, Adviser, ITU

Shaping Smart Sustainable Cities

Todo lo que puede ser imaginado es realPablo Picasso

All that can be imagined is real

Which Cities?

Smart?

Digital?

Inclusive?

Creative?

Innovative?

Sustainable?

What is the city but the people?William Shakespeare

A Glance from the Present to the Future(Forecasts from 2010 to 2020)

50.6

54.9People living in cities, per cent

740

1480Produced output in USD per ton CO

2 emitted

30.6 32Global emissions of CO 2, Gt

1 8Number of electric and hybrid cars globally, million cars

6.8 7.5Global population, billion people

1.9 9.1Share of wind energy in the total electricity production globally

7 20Share of renewable in the EU out of total energy production, per cent

The Role of Green ICT Standards in Shaping Smart Sustainable Cities

Standardizing

Monitoring

Accounting

Rethinking

Transforming

Call to Action on Smart Sustainable CitiesParis, France

Transforming tomorrow…

… smart thinking is here

already!

Tomorrow's cities, today's technologies

Boston, USA

Songdo, Korea

London, UKAmsterdam, The Netherlands

Dublin, Ireland

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Barcelona, SpainJohannesburg, South

Africa

Masdar, UAE

Singapore

Turin, Italy

Turin Roadmap: Towards a Planet of Smart Sustainable Cities1. Defining: Smart sustainable cities.

2. Engaging cities: Charter for Smart Sustainable Cities with measurable objectives. 3. Adopting a holistic approach: enhance cooperation among all relevant smart city stakeholders.4. Standardizing: methodology for assessing the environmental impact of ICTs in cities in collaboration with relevant organisations and experts.5. Developing: set of key performance indicators (KPIs) 6. Best practices and lessons learned: exchange platform of successful practices.7. Behavioral change for sustainable development.8. Advocacy: on-going dialogue on cities and smart sustainable city policies. 9. Measuring success: create pilot demonstration and business models10. Mobilizing expertise: in relevant ITU Study Groups, and other groups as appropriate to pursue work in this important area.

What ITU does to shape Smart Sustainable Cities…

ITU-T Study Group 5 Environment and Climate

Change

Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities

Focus Group on Smart Water Management

Organized by ITU and Telefónica

Research & Development

• Demonstrate the potential GHG abatement of “Greening by ICTs” solutions in Korea between 2011 and 2020;

• The methodology used is Recommendation ITU-T L.1410.

Moving forward on Smart Sustainable Cities…• Workshop on Smart Sustainable Cities – Lima, Peru, 5 December 2013

• 3rd Meeting of the Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities – Lima, Peru, 6 December 2013

• ITU-T Study Group 5 meeting - Lima, Peru, 2-13 December 2013• ITU/UNESCO Events on Smart Sustainable Cities – Montevideo,

Uruguay, 11-14 March 2014 Other ITU events…• Greening the Future: Bridging the Standardization Gap on Environmental

Sustainability - Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-4 October 2013• ITU/CITEL Workshop on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste - Mendoza,

Argentina, 9 October 2013• Joint Coordination Activity on ICT and Climate Change – Lima, Peru, 5 December 2013• Meeting of the Focus Group on Smart Water Management – Lima, Peru, 10 December

2013.

Envisioning a Sustainable Future…

• The role of international standards and policies is key.• Smart sustainable city should be seen as a “System of

Systems”.• City leaders to partner effectively with other levels of

governments, ICT industry, NGOs, Universities, etc.

“Work for the good of the society of young people and the elderly”22 July 2013, Pope Francis

Links & Additional Information • ITU-T and climate change

http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange • ITU and climate change http://www.itu.int/climate • ITU Symposia & Events on ICTs and Climate

Change http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/climatechange• Contact Cristina Bueti: greenstandard@itu.int

Thank you