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== About ==
With the outbreak of the pandemic, we turn ever more to the internet to socialize, to work, to inform, to buy, to entertain, to heal, to escape and to organize. The [https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/07/998552/why-the-coronavirus-lockdown-is-making-the-internet-better-than-ever/ MIT Technology Review reports ] a surge in internet usage since January 2020. Even before this uptake, information and communications systems accounted for 2% of the world’s carbon emissions, as reported in [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06610-y Nature]. With all the benefits of connection, this also means the internet’s emissions have been rising this year.
The lockdowns underscore our reliance on the network. As we struggle now for the health of our communities, fueled by the dreams of an equitable future, we must also strive for an internet that is sustainable. Because we need it. Just as we need our health and equality and connectivity.
