ITU is a key partner in United Nations efforts to “Deliver as One” in addressing the major global climate change challenge. Indeed, UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon said: “ITU is one of the most important stakeholders in terms of climate change”.In 2007 at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, the 2008 Conference in Poznan, Poland, and the 2009 Conference in Copenhagen, ITU highlighted the role of ICTs as an important enabling tool to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across all sectors.Resolution 73 of The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly recognizes the crucial role of ICTs in addressing climate change and resolves to continue and further develop the ITU-T work programme in this area as a high priority and in close collaboration with the other two ITU Sectors. In addition, Resolution 73 instructs the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) to organize related events in developing countries, given that they are the most vulnerable, to raise awareness and identify their needs in this domain.ICTs and the Environment & Climate Change will be held in Cairo, Egypt on 2-3 November 2010 and will be hosted and Co- organized by the Ministry of communications and Information Technology (MCIT) Egypt, and the Ministry of state for Environmental Affairs (MSEA) Egypt.
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