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4.9 Facility sharing to save costs: digital broadcasting and telecommunications networks ................. 73
4.10 A telecommunications evolution plan for Ghana ............................................................................ 73
5. How global ICT standards will help reduce GHG emissions in Ghana ................................................ 74
5.1 Example: EU Codes of Conduct (CoCs) ............................................................................................ 74
5.2 Life cycle assessment ....................................................................................................................... 75
5.3 Recommendation ITU-T L.1000 ....................................................................................................... 75
5.4 ITU-T methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of ICT ............................................. 75
5.5 What energy efficiency metric should be used in Ghana? .............................................................. 77
6. The role of policy-makers and regulators in reducing GHG emissions in Ghana ................................ 77
6.1 Principles of regulation .................................................................................................................... 77
6.2 Regulation in developed countries .................................................................................................. 78
6.2.1 Example from the United Kingdom (UK)..................................................................................... 78
6.2.2 Example from Canada ................................................................................................................. 79
6.2.3 Example from Japan .................................................................................................................... 80
6.3 Regulation in developing countries ................................................................................................. 80
6.3.1 Example from South Africa ......................................................................................................... 80
6.3.2 Example from China .................................................................................................................... 80
6.3.3 Example from Brazil .................................................................................................................... 81
6.4 What more could be done in Ghana? .............................................................................................. 81
7. The way forward: suggested next steps ............................................................................................ 82
Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................. 86
Glossary .................................................................................................................................................. 87
Annex: How GHG emissions in the ICT sector should be reported by organizations in Ghana ................... 89
1 The GHG reporting hierarchy ........................................................................................................... 89
2 Categorising an organization’s GHG emissions ................................................................................ 90
3 The benefits to TSPs of reporting GHG emissions ........................................................................... 90
4 How organizations in Ghana should report GHG emissions ............................................................ 91
5 Helping customers reduce their costs and emissions...................................................................... 91
6 Working with the supplier chain ...................................................................................................... 92
7 Actions to reduce the GHG emissions in the ICT sector .................................................................. 92
Overall report conclusions ....................................................................................................................... 93
Notes and references .............................................................................................................................. 94
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