IGF Climate Change

[Bruna Martins dos Santos]

Dear Michael and Nick,

This is a rather interesting discussion, thats increasing its relevance in
our debates. One suggestion would be to also suggest it to the Internet
Governance Caucus, as we are discussing possible agenda items for our CS
gathering at the IGF's Day Zero!

best,
Bruna Santos

Le lun. 23 sept. 2019 à 13:03, Arthur Gwagwa <arthurgwagwa at gmail.com> a
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> Nick,
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> 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.
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> // E. Arthur Gwagwa
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> On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 16:54, Nick Shorey <lists at nickshorey.com> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> (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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>> Nick Shorey
>> Phone: +44 (0) 7552 455 988
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*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

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