IGF 2017 WS #17 Shaping a greener digital environment for all

Information

Session

Short Title:

Shaping a greener digital future for all

Proposer's Name: Ms. Emily Taylor
Proposer's Organization: Oxford Information Labs Limited
Co-Proposer's Name: Mr. Giovanni Seppia
Co-Proposer's Organization: EURid
Co-Organizers:
Mr Giovanni Seppia, Technical Community, EURid
Ms Emily Taylor, Private sector, Oxford Information Labs Ltd

Additional Speakers:

Prof Carolina Aguerre, Universidad de San Andres, Argentina

Peter Fateling, Acting Head of Unit, E3 Next Generation Internet, European Commission, Belgium

Felix Preston, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham House, London UK

Agenda:

1. Opening and introductions

2. Questions for discussion in roundtable format, comprising discussion with speakers, roundtable participants and remote participants:

What is the environmental impact of current and future technologies, hardware, software, cloud services and internet of things, and to what extent are consumers aware of it?
How are businesses and governments reducing the carbon footprint of their current and future digital installations?
What are the environmental risks if insufficient action is taken?
What actions need to be taken by different stakeholders to ensure that we have an environmentally sustainable digital future, and what factors are preventing sufficient action being taken?

3. Closing and next steps

Note: the organisers will continue to actively approach participants from developing countries, Asia Pacific and Africa. Discussions will balance both positive and negative impacts of ICTs will be discussed. Faciliated discussion will aim to include multi-stakeholders from all over the world.