At first glance, “Broadband as a Green Strategy” might seem counterintuitive. Broadband—or high-speed Internet—is part of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, which is a large consumer of energy and emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG). By 2020, the sector is projected to be responsible for 2.3 percent of total global emissions.1 The proliferation of smart devices and cloud computing infrastructure, combined with the Internet becoming a foundation for the global economy, assures that power consumption and emissions of the ICT sector will continue to grow.2 Indeed, ICT is changing dramatically the way people work, learn, play, shop, connect, and mobilize.
