<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Nick,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Probably the environmental impact of training AI would be a good sub-topic. This could also examine what sort of measures tech companies are putting in place to mitigate such impact. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u></p><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">// E. Arthur Gwagwa <u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">PGP: 85CC352985EAE9EE</p><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">GSI</p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in"><font color="#500050" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><a href="https://globalsouthinitiative.com/" target="_blank">https://globalsouthinitiative.com/</a></span></font><br></p><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Research Consultant, Sub-Saharan Africa Cyber Threat Modelling <u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">London. Harare. Nairobi <u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">o: +44 78 24 562 991<u></u></p><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">m: +44 78 24 562 991<u></u></p><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#500050">t: </font><font color="#0563c1">@arthurgwagwa</font><font color="#500050"><u></u></font></p><br><p style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)">pronouns: he / him</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 16:54, Nick Shorey <<a href="mailto:lists@nickshorey.com">lists@nickshorey.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I noted an apparent absence of sessions at IGF Berlin to discuss the topic of climate impact of the Internet, and it seems a very relevant component of how responsible growth of the Internet needs to link up with other UN SDGs - with the IGF being a pertinent forum for such discussion and exchange of ideas - indeed it was noted in this ITU report:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.itu.int/themes/climate/dc/docs/second-meeting/DCICC-Statement.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.itu.int/themes/climate/dc/docs/second-meeting/DCICC-Statement.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Is anyone looking into this, or would like to collaborate? Maybe we can convene a dynamic debate or proposition during the IGF?</div><div><br></div><div>(I appreciate that this is not directly relevant to a particular current ICANN policy track, but I’m sure this might be of broader interest to many of those on this list)</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Nick</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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