Digital revolution “ecological catastrophe” without change
Le 14 juin 2022, Euractiv organisait une conférence sur le numérique durable en Europe : "Green ICT – How can the digital sector accelerate the green transition?" (« TIC vertes - Comment le secteur numérique peut-il accélérer la transition écologique ? »). Suite à l’événement, ce réseau de médias européens spécialisé sur l'actualité européenne a largement repris, dans un article en plusieurs langues, les propos de David Cormand sur l’impact environnemental du numérique.
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The digital revolution risks serious environmental harm due to the impact of the materials it requires and EU legislation must ensure it is sustainable, according to MEP David Cormand at an event on Green ICT on Tuesday (14 June).
The online event brought together digital and environmental stakeholders to discuss how the digital sector can accelerate the green transition, but concerns were rife over the environmental fallout of digitalisation.
“For the moment, this revolution is catastrophic, an ecological catastrophe because all the objects connected need a lot, a lot, a lot of things to it, and for the moment, we haven’t got standards to have a circular economy with that,” Cormand said.
The rapporteur on a sustainable single market for the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCP) added that while ecological transition is a vital necessity, the digital transition is a tool.
It is time, Cormand added, “to decide which digital revolution we want. If we make a digital revolution in the situation now, it will not be a solution for the planet. It will be the contrary.”
Article complet à retrouver (en anglais) sur le site d’Euractiv.