IGF Climate Change

[Arthur Gwagwa]

Nick,

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.



// E. Arthur Gwagwa

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On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 16:54, Nick Shorey <lists at nickshorey.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> 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:
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> https://www.itu.int/themes/climate/dc/docs/second-meeting/DCICC-Statement.pdf
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> Is anyone looking into this, or would like to collaborate? Maybe we can
> convene a dynamic debate or proposition during the IGF?
>
> (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)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nick
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