DOCUMENT GSC 13 PLEN19 FOR Presentation SOURCE TTA

DOCUMENT #: GSC 13 -PLEN-19 FOR: Presentation SOURCE: TTA AGENDA ITEM: Plenary; 6. 9; ICT and the Environment CONTACT(S): Dr. Byoung-moon Chin, bmchin@tta. or. kr Status of ICT and the Environment in Korea Submission Date: June 30, 2008

Highlight of Current Activities : Global Warming • Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Increased by 70% since 1970 • Growth of global warming Korea 1. 5°C Global 1906 Total Greenhouse Gases (Source : IPCC (WG 3 contribution to 4 th assessment report)) 0. 76 °C 2005 < Average temperature change> – The global average temperature has risen by 0. 76°C over the past 100 years – The Korea average temperature has risen by around 1. 54°C since 1900 • Impacts of ICTs on Environment – ICTs contribute an estimated around 2. 5% of global Greenhouse Gas emissions – If indirect energy use is included, it amounts to 14% [Greenhouse Gas Emissions from ICT] Source: Gartner Group (2007) 2

Strategic Direction : ICTs to the rescue? Source: Chairman’s Report, ITU/MIC Kyoto Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change 15 -16 April 2008 • The use of ICTs can help reduce GHG(Green. House Gas) emissions indirectly through their application in other sectors of the economy – Whereas the reduction of GHG emissions of ICT itself is also noted for careful consideration • To promote the best use of ICTs, the following points were recognized: – the positive economic benefits for the ICT sector that can be gained through an environmentally friendly approach to business; – the need for exchange of views/information on policy development at national, regional, and global levels; – the establishment of common approaches at the international levels to evaluate CO 2 emissions; – the development of policies to create an appropriate incentive mechanism; – the importance of awareness and pro-environmental behaviour of individual ICT users 3

Challenges in Korea • Greenhouse Gas Emissions – 10 countries cause more than 60 % of global CO 2 emissions – Korea will join the Kyoto Protocol on the compulsory burden of reducing greenhouse gas during the second public commitment period (2013~2017) < World map: Climate Change Performance Index 2008> Source : German. Watch, The Climate Change Performance Index 2008 < CO 2 emissions Top 10> Source : German. Watch, The Climate Change Performance Index 2008 4

Next Steps/Actions(1) : Policies on ICT & the Environment in Korea • Master plan for u-Korea (MIC, ’ 06. 3) − Best use of ICT and applications to reduce CO 2 emission − Using RFID/USN, biosensor, T-DMB, Wi. Bro, GIS, ITS to gain real time information about the environment Low-carbon Society • Master plan for u-City (MIC, ’ 06. 12) − Monitoring the city’s atmosphere, quality of water, soil in real time and control the city’s environment − Reducing CO 2 emission and saving resources Low-carbon City 5

Next Steps/Actions(2) : TTA’s Approach to ICT & the Environment • Development of Standards for Resource Saving − Mobile phone charger with 24 pins : In December 2001, TTA developed charger standard which has decreased waste disposal of chargers v Estimated resource saving : $ 35 Million per year − Recently it has been revised into 20 pins charger for accommodating the multimedia functions(’ 07. 11) • The standardization plan for ICT-driven Inter-Industry Convergence (TTA, ’ 07. 9) − The more introduction of ICT into various industrial areas. − 10 major standardization areas for IIC v u-health, u-transportation, u-education, u-home, u-environment, u-disaster, u-defense, u-logistic, u-finance, u-entertainment − Early 2008 : TTA has launched u-health Project Group and several JWGs to develop standards in 10 IIC areas • TTA will continue to support ITU Activities, especially RFID/USN, for solving Environment problem 6