[governance] IGF 2019 Civil society pre-event: planning and preparation

Tue Sep 24 11:21:51 EDT 2019

Hi Bruna, all:

Thanks for looping me in. I've been hoping for some time that more people
throughout the IG community would see the value in discussing climate
change and sustainability as it relates to our work. Indeed, many different
groups and initiatives are working on it, albeit across sectors and
stakeholder groups.

It's a massive problem – and it's not just data centers, it's literally
everything you can think of as it relates to technology. While Internet
governance tends (or at least tries) to limit itself to discussions about
processes or what's *on* the Internet, the fact is there are multiple ways
that the IG community could address sustainability more broadly (see
the EuroDIG
2017 session <https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/WS_11_2017> I organised, for
instance).

At the same time, IRPC is really spearheading this at the moment. I think
it's more prudent to join with them in support to address how climate
change and sustainability are, at the very core, human rights issues, as
well as to limit redundancy. Instead of briefing everyone on the issue, for
example, I'd happily give a webinar to anyone interested about the
interconnections (but I've also written extensively about it).

My suggestion is to support IRPC and leave the CS pre-event to strategy or
another topic that isn't covered at all by the IGF (the workshops have a
rather narrow focus this year, to put it diplomatic terms).

Best,
-Michael

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 3:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Sheetal,
>
> Maybe its worth considering a discussion on climate change and Internet
> Governance to our day zero meeting. This is something thats been discussed
> at a different thread set at NCSG mailing list, but there seems to be some
> interest to facilitate a discussion on these lines at the igf and even
> require some policy outcome that would look to the matter.
>
> @Michael Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com> and @Nick Shorey Lists
> <lists at nickshorey.com> have been starting this conversation at the NSCG
> mailing list and I am cc'ing them here!
>
> Best,
> Bruna
>
> Le dim. 15 sept. 2019 à 06:38, Amali De Silva <governance at lists.riseup.net>
> a écrit :
>
>>
>>
>> Please include the teaching of ethics in a globally connected  society
>> … right thought for right action is never out of fashion , right planning
>> for best action is good risk management … right attitude and compassion
>> for human care ….
>> Amali De SIlva-Mitchell
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On ‎Friday‎, ‎September‎ ‎13‎, ‎2019‎ ‎08‎:‎38‎:‎41‎ ‎AM‎ ‎PDT, Remmy
>> Nweke <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Sheetal
>> This is great thought.
>> Although not sure of attending yet, I will like to be part of the
>> planning team.
>> Will like also to see issues on "Stereotyping of Cyber Crime and Effects
>> on Developing Economies and Role of Civil Society."
>> Regards
>> Remmy
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 12:57 AM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm getting in touch here about planning one of the civil society
>> pre-events to the IGF session. It's called "Civil society coordination
>> meeting (Global Partners Digital)" in the schedule but it is *not *a GPD
>> event. I just applied for it, that's all. It's an event open to all civil
>> society, and I would suggest that members of IGC should be actively
>> involved in shaping its agenda.  It's been moved to from to 13.30 - 15.30
>> pm following a request from the IGF Secretariat.
>>
>> When a few of us met on the sidelines of RightsCon earlier this year we
>> suggested that the event could focus on sharing updates on key global
>> processes and perhaps planning for how to input into them e.g: the High
>> Level Panel, the UN First Committee processes on cyber and any others. And
>> we could also discuss any matters pertaining to the IGC.
>>
>> As such, I would be grateful if you could share your views on the
>> following
>>
>> - What topics and/or forums should we discuss at the civil society
>> pre-event?
>> - Would you like to discuss any topics related to IGC specifically?
>> - How should we discuss these topics (presentations, or just open
>> discussions) bearing in mind we have only 2 hours?
>> - What outcome would you like to see from the pre-event?
>> - Would you like to be involved in planning the event (this will require
>> a dedication of a few hours over the next two months, I can't say how much)
>>
>> It would also be great if you could let me know if you're planning to be
>> there. I know this is dependent on funding for many of us but if you can
>> give an indication that would be great.
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from you!
>>
>> Best
>> Sheetal
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>>
>>
>> *Sheetal Kumar*
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