ETNO hosted a workshop last week for policymakers to take a closer look at the role played by connectivity in delivering a green and digital recovery. We are sharing with you the main takeaways from the event below – the video recording in full is available on our website, at this link. 

Lise Fuhr, ETNO Director General pointed that there can be no green transition without digitalisation, while digitalisation cannot happen unless it is green. She also highlighted that companies are striving to eliminate their own carbon footprint, but also working to enable their clients to do the same. This is why telcos ecological challenge is so important: it is not just about their green transition, but about making wider ecosystems more sustainable.

Ms. Felicia Stanescu (European Commission) insisted that both climate (37%) and digital (20%) spending targets are conditions for member states to receive Recovery and Resilience Facility (RFF) funding. Ms. Stanescu echoed that digital technology can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in other sectors – while at the same time, technology needs to make its own transition.

MEP Pislaru (Renew Europe) and MEP Casares (S&D) provided the political angle on the matter. Parliament is pushing for a 40% minimum allocation for green projects in the RRF (rather than the 37% proposed by the Commission).

Discover the full summary and points presented during the event at this link.