This is an important effort to help explore what can be done to make the #Web less energy-hungry…. and thereby help reduce the impact of the overall #Internet on #ClimateChange. (Since web traffic is such a huge amount of Internet traffic.) Good to see this happening!

From: @w3c
w3c.social/@w3c/11344250260640…

World Wide Web Consortium

2024-11-07 16:00:17

The newly launched Sustainable Web IG will publish the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG). The guidelines are in line with the Sustainable Web Manifesto and aligned with GRI Standards and the UN Sustainable Development Goals to help organizations incorporate digital products and services into broader sustainability reporting initiatives. These guidelines will enable people to better understand the Internet’s impact on sustainability reporting.
Learn more at:
w3.org/blog/2024/sustainable-w…

Sustainable Web Interest Group is Formed

Announcement of the formation of the W3C Sustainable Web Interest Group.

^W3C

#AI and #MachineLearning models are shifting a number of core assumptions on which the various Web stakeholders have been relying on for years.
In this presentation at the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, @dontcallmeDOM reviews the systemic impact and possible mitigation the Web community should consider to ensure the long term prosperity of the #Web in the face of these changes.

▶️ Read the underlying report: w3.org/reports/ai-web-impact/
🎬 Watch the video: youtu.be/OwLRtquaLOk

The #Internet and #web prove vital in emergencies, enabling seamless collaboration and information sharing.

At the @w3c member meeting in #Hiroshima 🇯🇵, Dr. Naoshi Hirata, U. of Tokyo, presented "distributed disaster management data" using a case study for the Noto peninsula earthquake that struck Japan on January 1, 2024.
#SVG

🎬 Watch the video: youtu.be/v3vV8i2-3Ts