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Mr. Finlay says the GISWatch report and events like the ITU’s Green Standards Week are meant to look at the ICT industry as a whole.
Finlay先生表示,像全球信息社会观察报告以及国际电讯联盟的绿色标准周这样的活动目的就是要把整个信息和通信技术行业作为一个整体来看待。
“To our mind you can’t really divorce issues like e-waste --- which you see the massive negative consequences in Asia for instance, and direct impact on poor people’s lives and well being --- from the equation. So, both need to be looked at the same time.
“在我们的脑海中,我们不能把同一个问题分开来看,例如我们不能把在亚洲造成大规模负面影响的电子垃圾,和它对贫困人口的生活和福祉的直接影响分开来看。两者需要同时考虑。”
The ITU says a main goal of the conference is to set clear policies for measuring and improving the ICT industry’s effect on the environment. Another goal is to note the importance of green ICT standards and values.
国际电讯联盟表示,这次会议的一个主要目的是为衡量和改善信息和通信技术行业对环境影响方面制定明确的政策。另一个目标是认识绿色信息和通信技术标准价值的重要性。
The Rome meeting is taking place less than three months before the United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Durban, South Africa.
在罗马会议召开后的不到三个月后,联合国气候变化大会将在南非德班举行。