Celeste, Edoardo ORCID: 0000-0003-1984-4142 and Dominioni, Goran ORCID: 0000-0002-3795-2617 (2024) Digital and green: reconciling the EU twin transitions in times of war and energy crisis. In: Research Handbook on Post-Pandemic EU Economic Governance and NGEU Law. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 162-179. ISBN 9781035328154
Abstract
The Next Generation EU plan has significantly invested into the digital and green transitions to increase the resilience and boost the recovery of the European Union after the Covid-19 pandemic. The recent geopolitical developments following the Russian invasion of Ukraine have provoked an unprecedented energy crisis in the EU. This chapter aims to analyse the digital and green transition strategic plans of the EU in such a complex post-pandemic context. The digital can be a powerful driver of the green transition thanks to its potential to help societal actors manage resources and infrastructures more efficiently. However, fostering a digital Europe cannot occur without climate considerations, due to environmental impact of digital technologies on energy consumption and raw materials. While EU digital sovereignty ambitions seem to be undermined by the current geopolitical situation, the current energy crisis generate both positive and negative effects on EU decarbonisation strategies.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Next Generation EU, twin transitions, digitalisation, decarbonisation, energy crisis, war |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Political science Social Sciences > Public administration |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government |
Publisher: | Edward Elgar |
Official URL: | https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/978103... |
ID Code: | 30332 |
Deposited On: | 17 Sep 2024 10:30 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 17 Sep 2024 10:30 |
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