IGF 2020 – High-Level Leaders Track: Environment

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet

The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the IGF will be hosted online by the United Nations under the overarching theme: Internet for human resilience and solidarity.

This session, organized with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will focus on the future governance of environmental data in the age of uncertainty. The outcomes of the debate will inform the design process of UNEP’s Global Environmental Data Strategy. It will specifically consider environment data in terms of how it may differ from other forms of public data, safeguards that are needed for generating environmental data and environmental data help us navigate a world of uncertainty and contribute to resilience.