2009年世界标准日祝词中英文.docVIP

World Standards Day Message 14 October 2009 Tackling climate change through standards The world is facing a critical challenge. Increasing greenhouse gas emissions are raising the earths average temperature. As a result, dramatic climate change is forecast and global scientific opinion predicts enormous developmental, economic, social and environmental stresses on our planet. 　　Leading climate change experts have put forward a series of practical solutions to tackle climate change. These solutions include the technical standards published by the worlds three leading international standardization organizations: the International Electro technical Commission (IEC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 　　In its groundbreaking report published in 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cited technical standards, like those published by the IEC, ISO and ITU, as a means of mitigating climate change now, while offering the potential to reduce its effects in the future as new technologies are developed and mature. 　　The three global organizations are coordinating their work to ensure that government, business and society are provided with the necessary tools to help combat ?global climate change and to support the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by increasing energy efficiency, while facilitating sustainable development. 　　The standards produced by the three organizations reach across all sectors identified in the IPCC report where mitigation technologies, policies and measures constraints and opportunities exist, including energy supply, transport, buildings, industry, agriculture, forestry, and waste. 　　The IEC, ISO and ITU offer a system of standardization whose output includes standards for the following aspects of the fight against climate change Monitoring and measurement of greenhouse gas emissions Measuring the carbon footprint of networks and products Designing a