1. Key Policy Questions and related issues:
What is the relevant level of intervention when it comes to the environmental impact of the digital sector?
What have been done so far to limit the environmental impact of the digital sector on the environment and what remains to be done?
Which economic model should be followed to conciliate technology and environmental responsibility?
2. Summary of Issues Discussed:
Everyone agreed that is is important to act at the global level to impulse a common dynamic and propose shared solutions, standards, tools and initiatives. However, every action should be adapted to the local level, depending on local specifities and issues.
Moreover, the speakers underlined the need for cooperation between institutions and relevant stakeholder to tackled the issue. Data collection, transparency and education are essentials elements of the solution.
Everyone is of the opinion that much remains to be done and that we must collectively ask ourselves what model to follow to meet our climate commitments.
Some speakers insisted on the need to raise consumer awareness, while others preferred not to give so much responsibility to consumers but rather to industry and to the business model of certain content providers in particular, based on abundance, in opposition to what action for the environment requires.
7. Reflection to Gender Issues:
The gender issues were not part of the discussion during the session. However, it should be noted that the panel, moderated by a woman, was composed of three woman and two men.