It also saw agreement to produce a report on due diligence guidelines for conflict minerals supply, and to study environmental protection and recycling solutions for batteries for mobile phones and other ICT devices.
Estimates of how much ICTs can reduce global emissions - and estimates of the emissions generated by the ICT sector itself - still vary widely, due to the application of different measurement methodologies. After the problem was raised by delegates to ITU's 'ICTs and Climate Change' symposium in 2008, ITU took on the challenge and has pioneered adoption of a new globally-agreed set of standards.
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