ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: CURRENT STATUS
As ICANN's mission concerns the global Internet and the public interest, a commitment to environmental, social, and governance sustainability is in the public's interest. In June 2024, ICANN delivered a comprehensive approach for implementing an environmental sustainability strategy for ICANN. (See below for deliverables.)
A mailing list has been created for interested ICANN community, Board, and org members to share best practices and resources and foster discussions around the topic of environmental sustainability. To subscribe to sustainabilitylist@icann.org, please click here.
BACKGROUND
Global environmental concerns have prompted discussions among ICANN's Board, community and org about ICANN's role and responsibility in understanding and addressing its own ecological footprint. In 2023, the ICANN Board began developing a plan to delve deeper into this issue as part of its role in overseeing ICANN's Strategic Planning efforts. Additionally, the Board asked ICANN's CEO to explore the issue, leading to CEO goal 8.
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- 7 May 2024: Contracted Parties Summit session: Becoming a Sustainable DNS Industry
- 20 May 2024: RIPE88 session: Exploring the Benefits of Carbon-Aware Routing
- 22 May 2024: RIPE88 session: Studying DNS Energy Consumption
CONTACT
- For questions/comments contact sustainability@icann.org