3. Digital: potentially both a problem and a solution

Digital tools and services are omnipresent in our daily lives, in our leisure activities, and in the professional sphere, particularly in agriculture. The sector's environmental impact is significant (2.5% of the national carbon footprint) and growing fast (frequent renewal of computers and telephones, development of technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtualization, data processing and storage) . One conclusion can be drawn from this alarming panorama: on current trends, the development of digital technology runs counter to the ecological transition.

At the same time, our societies are committed, to varying degrees, to the ecological transition. The measures...

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Bibliography

(1) - CAQUET (T.), GASCUEL (C.), TIXIER--BOICHARD (M.) - Agroécologie : des recherches pour la transition des filières et des territoires. - Éditions Quæ (2020).
(2) - IPCC - Synthesis report – Climate change - (2023).

Regulations

Loi n° 2014-1170 du 13 octobre 2014 d'avenir pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et la forêt, JO du 14 octobre 2014 (amended): with this law, France introduced agroecology into the Code rural et de la mer.

Law no. 2021-1104 of August 22, 2021 on combating climate change and strengthening resilience to its effects, JO of August 24, 2021 (amended): known as the "Climate and Resilience" law, it targets...