#Environment: What's Up in #GENeva from 6-12 July? ✅ #GenevaDigitalWeek #AIDialogue #WSIS #AIforGood ✅ Geneva #Water Community ✅ Env't @ #HRC62 ✅ #ExtremeHeat ✅ #PlasticsTreaty ✅ #UN80 ✅ #GreenSummer ✅ & more Check events, #jobs, suggestions ▶️ https://t.co/6U58iYvZE5

Today, @ImperialCCentre students visited #EnvironmentHouse for an introduction to #GENeva as a global env't governance hub! Rich discussions took place with Mona Kuroiwa of @brsmeas on plastic waste & Tapiwa Nxele of @UNEP on hazardous chemicals in fashion & construction.

@WSISprocess @ITU "Let's push for the global AI footprint to remain as low as possible." The session underscored the importance of measuring and assessing the benefits of using #AI, including through @ITU standards, to understand the benefits of using AI and maximize it.

@WSISprocess @ITU Vice-Chairman of @ITU-T SG5 Jean Manuel Canet stresses addressing the double-edged nature of #ICTs requires robust accounting and provides examples of how #AI can be used to automize data collection & facilitate scalability, allowing to reduce CO2 emissions.

@WSISprocess @ITU Presenting the state of art on digital technologies in #NDCs, Ana Gabriela Fernandez of @ITU presented a report under Green Digital Action reviewing how NDCs are including, referencing, and planning to leverage digital technology, including #AI. ▶️ https://t.co/Dbjhh5Qerp

The @GENetwork was at @WSISprocess 2026 Forum session "Delivering ICT’s Climate Impact: Data, Methods & Country Experiences," focusing on how to deliver ICT solutions, highlighting efforts for data collection, alignment of approaches & collaboration. ▶️ https://t.co/J75FZFRCOn

@WSISprocess @ITU @turkiyecop31 @ITUDeputySG @TC_BMCenevreDT @BrazilUNGeneva @tlamanauskas On the road to #COP31Türkiye, Veysel Selimoğlu highlights efforts to make #DigitalTransformation a #ClimateAction enabler: 🔹 Strengthening int'l cooperation, 🔹 Enhancing technical capacity, access to finance, and promoting technology transfers, 🔹 Common transparency approach.

@WSISprocess @ITU @turkiyecop31 @ITUDeputySG @TC_BMCenevreDT @BrazilUNGeneva @tlamanauskas Representing the #COP30noBrasil presidency, H.E. Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva spotlights the AI Climate Institute launched at #COP30 aims at: 🔸Making #AI sustainable by design 🔸Developing countries' capacities for AI design and policy making

@WSISprocess @ITU @turkiyecop31 @ITUDeputySG @TC_BMCenevreDT @BrazilUNGeneva @tlamanauskas On the road to #COP31Turkiye, Vice-Chairman of ITU-T SG5 Jean Manuel Canet describes free @ITU standards on ICT impacts: 🔹 L.1480 - enabling a lifecycle assessment of how ICT services reduce emissions 🔹 L.1801 - evaluating direct & indirect environmental impacts of AI systems

@WSISprocess @ITU @turkiyecop31 @ITUDeputySG @TC_BMCenevreDT @BrazilUNGeneva Stressing that environmental aspects must be integrated into #AI frameworks, @ITUDeputySG Tomas Lamanauskas highlights that the Green Digital Action has been institutionalized into a cohesive framework for collaboration under Green Digital Hub, as #COP31Türkiye will focus on AI.

@WSISprocess @ITU @UNEP @tlamanauskas @ITUDeputySG Representing #COP31Türkiye presidency, Aysel Kandemir highlights UN Climate Change COP31 will be a pivotal milestone to align the global digital agenda with #ClimateAction.

The @GENetwork is at @WSISprocess 2026 Forum session "Green Digital Action: The road between #COP30 to #COP31" introducing @ITU's Green Digital Action & providing space for partner perspectives on how they will contribute to and benefit from the Hub. ▶️ https://t.co/ZLqSSiUP4x

@WSISprocess @AIforGood @ITU @Geneve_int @UNGeneva @Palexpo @swiss_un @ofcomCHen Consult highlights of the #WSIS 2026 Forum High-level Roundtable "A Digital Climate-Resilient Future".

@WSISprocess @ITU @UNEP @tlamanauskas @ITUDeputySG Discussing how @UNEP Global Environmental Data Strategy (GEDS) was welcomed by Member States with concerns about reporting obligations, Sally Radwan underscores a solution could be a global effort to fill the data capacity, supported by financial support to allow scalability.

The @GENetwork attended a Conversation on the Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA) -- now counting 130 members -- convened by the Permanent Mission of Guyana 🇬🇾, as we approach important milestones to advance action on #biodiversity. ➡️ https://t.co/yVSrSwYHBp

@WSISprocess @ITU @UNEP Recognizing #environmental impacts of digital technologies, @ITU Deputy SG Tomas Lamanauskas spotlights potential in solving environmental issues as demonstrated by the institutionalization and current efforts carried under the Green Digital Action initiative launched at #COP28.

@WSISprocess @ITU @UNEP AI Scientific Panel Member & co-author of preliminary report, "Evidence-based assessment of opportunities, risks & impacts of AI", Bilge Demirköz stresses the panel's intention to prepare sectoral briefs on the applications of AI in space & quantum. ▶️ https://t.co/nMl33ST2pe

The @GENetwork is at @WSISprocess 2026 Forum for the High-level Roundtable "A Digital Climate-Resilient Future" exploring how collective efforts can accelerate the transition towards a digital climate-resilient future. ▶️ https://t.co/ovL327Rq5y

The @GENetwork is at the Informal Briefing on the @UNHumanRights-@UNEP Collaboration to Advance the Right to #HealthyEnvironment, which will highlight recent developments related to #humanrights and the #environment. ▶️ https://t.co/S74LgjuyBs

@NLinGeneva @MisionMexOI @GermanyUNGeneva @UN_Water @UAEUNGENEVA "Not to add another layer of complexity, but to make the system work better, connect mandates & avoid fragmentation." Among key messages, inputs from the consultation highlighted how #GENeva can make significant contributions to the Water Agenda, through its multiple expertise.

@WSISprocess @AIforGood @ITU @Geneve_int @UNGeneva @Palexpo @swiss_un @ofcomCHen Consult highlights of the “AI Sustainability Across the Value Chain: What Role Will You Play?” panel at #AIForGood Global Summit 2026.