IGF 2021 Main Session Policy Network on Environment

Time
Thursday, 9th December, 2021 (12:50 UTC) - Thursday, 9th December, 2021 (14:20 UTC)
Room
Plenary Room

Moderator (on site): Flurina Wäspi (PNE Consultant)
Speakers (on site): Typiak Przemyslaw (Poland), David Oehmen (UNFCCC), Jorge Cancio (OFCOM), Juwang Zhu (UN DESA)
Speakers (online): Daniel A. Emejulu (Microsoft), Livia Walpen (OFCOM), Jessie Oliver (Australian Citizen Science Association), Leandro Navarro (UPC), Chris Ip (ITU), Florian Cortez (University of Groningen)

Brief Description
In the 90 Minutes Session the Policy Network on Environment and Digitalisation presents the draft report containing policy recommendations on how UN Member States may use digitalisation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. An interested public is invited to engage with the co-authors of the report and the PNE Community, with input and comments being integrated into a final version of the report after the IGF 2021.

Objective
To stimulate engagement of a wider public interested in the nexus of environmental sustainability x digitalisation with the PNE, and engage in a discussion on the proposed policy recommendations. 

Agenda:

 

Time

Topic

Intervenants

13:50-

13:53

Welcome 

Chair & Moderator 

13:53-13:57

A Word by the IGF Secretariat 

& OFCOM Switzerland

IGF Secretariat

OFCOM (Ms. Livia Walpen)

13:57-14:00

An Introduction to the Policy Network on Environment 

Moderator 

14:00-14:30

Presentation of the Report and the Policy Recommendations:

  • Intro and Scope of Work
  • Environmental Data
  • Food & Water Systems
  • Supply Chain & Circularity
  • Overarching Issues

Workstream Leads

14:30-15:10

Open Discussion with Participants

Moderator, All, documented by Rapporteur

15:10-15:18

Synthesis & Closing Remarks

Rapporteur

Participants

OFCOM (Mr. Jorge Cancio)

15:18

Goodbye

Chair & Moderator

 

Annex:

Theme
Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change