<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:25 AM, michael gurstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Yes, and thanks to everyone (even Riaz with his tongure firmly in his<br>
cheek...<br>
<br>
This subject seems to me to be an ideal one for the IGF where some quite<br>
positive contributions could be made by including the range of stakeholders<br>
and including folks from the various policy worlds who may not have, as yet,<br>
been included in this most urgent conversation. A good place for the private<br>
sector to showcase it's responsible actions and a useful way to get some<br>
environment researchers in touch with folks on the ICT policy shop floor so<br>
that environmental concerns become one of the issue areas to be addressed<br>
when ICT policy issues are being discussed.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br>I think this is an excellent conversation to have and environmentally friendly designs are relevant and necessary. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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M<br>
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From: John Curran [mailto:<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org">jcurran@istaff.org</a>]<br>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 1:03 PM<br>
To: michael gurstein<br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [governance] Toward Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of<br>
the Internet and Telecommunications<br>
<br>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Jan 6, 2013, at 3:18 PM, michael gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> According to recent calculations the Internet is the source of some 2%<br>
> of global greenhouse gas emissions (and increasing quickly). Much of<br>
> this comes from the vast server farms that major Internet corporations<br>
> (eg. Google, Amazon etc.) have been establishing around the world.<br>
> <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140452.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140452.htm</a><br>
><br>
> Perhaps a topic for discussion at the next IGF?<br>
<br>
I would recommend reading Greenpeace's study in this area for an<br>
understanding of the efforts currently being made by some of the leading<br>
industry players in this space:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Cli
mate-Reports/How-Clean-is-Your-Cloud/" target="_blank">http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Cli<br>
mate-Reports/How-Clean-is-Your-Cloud/</a><br>
<br>
There is significant attention to this problem in the Internet data center<br>
industry, even to the point of sharing of best practices and increasing<br>
level of visibility into the power utilization, sourcing, and efficiency of<br>
these facilities. It would be interesting to hear from those involved in<br>
this space regarding what, if anything, could be done to allow further<br>
improvements in efficiency and emissions.<br>
<br>
FYI,<br>
/John<br>
<br>
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