RightsCon Tunis 2019

An environmentally sustainable Internet is past due. In recent decades we've seen fulfilled civil society predictions that capitalist innovations and ICTs have not automatically solved critical environmental issues such as climate change. In fact, we've seen the opposite. The expansion of the Internet has spurred the production, consumption and disposal of computers, mobile phones, networking devices, energy, that are having adverse effects on the earth’s natural resources and on humanity. Sustainability relates to environmental and social (formal and informal workers involved) implications of the materials and energy involved in digital devices involved in the whole internet (end-user, server, network devices, cables, radiation). Our session looks at issues and solutions at the intersection of technology and policy issues in environmental and labor justice. We will share, highlight, coordinate, find ways to scale up, the best practices of electronics producers and consumers, policy makers and development organizations who are doing something about them to achieve lasting environmental and social justice about and through technology and circular economy processes. We intend to coordinate a global vision, mission, objectives, strategies and actions at the local, regional and global level, before climate change destroys our society, planet and its Internet.