Preparing for Climate 911 Event

Preparing for the next “911” event – Climate catastrophe Bill St. Arnaud CANARIE Inc – www.canarie.ca [email_address] Unless otherwise noted all material in this slide deck may be reproduced, modified or distributed without prior permission of the author

The Climate Change Imperative ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*International Panel on Climate Change

Climate Forecasts Source: IPCC WG1 SPM, 2007 http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf Chris Hope - Cambridge

Our Challenge j j 26 tons/person 1 ton/person 2008 2050 ? j 2100 2 tons/person Source: Stern 2008

Possible climate “911” event ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ICT and Internet is critical to reducing CO2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

But first we must clean up our own act ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Falsehood of Energy Efficiency ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Zero Carbon strategy essential ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ICT: the scary facts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*Sourcce: http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0802/levy.html

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ Zero Carbon” ICT

Many examples Hydro-electric powered data centers Data Islandia Digital Data Archive ASIO solar powered data centers Wind powered data centers

But renewable power is not reliable ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PROMPT – Next Generation Internet to Reduce Global Warming ,[object Object],[object Object],Sources: GENI and Inocybe

Possible research areas ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Strong Interest worldwide ,[object Object],[object Object]

Policy approaches to reducing CO2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Carbon Rewards rather carbon taxes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other sectors (40%) (e.g. manufacturing, coal mining, export transport) Emissions under direct consumer control (35%) Consumer influenced sectors (25%) (e.g. retail, food and drink, wholesale, agriculture, public sector) Heating Private cars Electricity Other transport Consumers control or influence 60 per cent of emissions http://www.cbi.org.uk/pdf/climatereport2007full.pdf

Carbon rewards rather than carbon taxes- gCommerce ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Carbon Reward Strategy for last mile infrastructure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Thank you ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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