ITU150 in November: ITU as a Platform for Innovation
It is predicted that 66 percent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050 – this will put increased pressure on services and the environment as we rapidly approach 9 billion global citizens. Increased connectivity will help cities adapt to this growing demand through the deployment of Smart Sustainable Cities, which will bring new benefits and opportunities to industries such as healthcare, transportation and education. Dr Olga Cavalli (@olgacavalli), ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee vice-chair, ISOC Argentina President, and lecturer at University of Buenos Aires, explains how technology will improve urban efficiency and quality of life.
Press release: ITU launches annual award recognizing leadership in sustainable development through ICTs
Celebrating the power of information and communications technology to drive the global 2030 development agenda New York, 27 September 2015 – ITU emphasized the vital role that information and communication technology (ICT) will play in meeting the new Sustainable Development…
Press release: UN Broadband Commission affirms new focus on Sustainable Development Goals
Broadband networks and services can act as a powerful catalyst to accelerate development actions and transform lives and communities New York, 26 September 2015 – The power of broadband to leapfrog development roadblocks and bring access to education, healthcare and employment opportunities…
Digital solutions for sustainable development
Doreen Martin-Bogdan, speaking on behalf of the ITU Secretary-General at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York, meeting under the auspices of ECOSOC to review the post-2015 development agenda Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf…
ITU and GeSI issue Call to Action recognizing ICTs as a means of implementation for the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda
Means of Implementation and Global Partnership for Sustainable Development – the role of ICTs – Side event in conjunction with the Post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations on ‘Means of Implementation and Global Partnership for Sustainable Development’ , 21 April 2015, New York…
Press Release – Smart Sustainable Cities: a global development priority
Standards key to achieving and quantifying efficiency gains Geneva, 26 September 2014 – Strategies for the sustainable development of cities in Asia and the Pacific will be driven to a large extent by information and communication technologies (ICT), agreed participants at the…