This book is the first investigation of the relationship between EU digital sovereignty and sustainability strategies.
It maps the ambitions and limitations of EU digital strategic autonomy and explores the structural challenges underlying its relationship with its green transition objectives in the context of the ongoing wars in neighbouring European countries and the consequent tensions in the EU energy sector.
The EU is racing to achieve technological independence from third countries and foreign multinational companies to protect its digital sovereignty and preserve its fundamental rights. In the EU, digitalisation and the green transformation are seen as twin transitions. Yet, EU digital sovereignty strategies have a significant environmental cost. Reaching a status of strategic autonomy of the EU at the level of digital infrastructures, products, services and data implies higher energy consumption and exploitation of natural resources. Moreover, the geopolitical tensions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine have provoked an unprecedented energy crisis, which is affecting EU economies and impacting objectives of the twin transitions.
The book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the major EU regulatory and policy instruments in this field, providing an invaluable guide for academics, practitioners, and policymakers navigating the complex issues of preserving digital sovereignty and addressing climate change in times of war and energy crisis.
The challenges of the EU Twin transitions: socio-economic and geopolitical context
Edoardo Celeste, Tamara Álvarez Robles, Tamara Favaro, Gaël Depoorter
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EU digital sovereignty: regulatory and policy ambitions
págs. 19-36
Technical challenges for EU digital sovereignty: lessons from GDPR
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Digital sovereignty in the Euro-Mediterranean region: protection and competition in an interconnected world
págs. 73-92
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Government as an environmental platform: digital sovereignty and data-driven environmental action
págs. 135-150
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Bitcoin: a subversive model of sovereignty undermined by the climate challenge?
págs. 173-194
Blockchain for sustainability: the case of agribusiness
págs. 195-212
Eco-digital products and services: towards new EU sustainability rights?
págs. 213-230
Digital sovereignty and ESG policies: the role of the EU banking system
págs. 231-245
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