At dClimate we have been using IPFS to replicate public ESA (European Space Agency) climate datasets to make them easier to discover and query, reducing the load on the Copernicus servers while exemplifying the principles of FAIR for research reproducibility. Making climate data more available is essential for addressing the climate crisis, the European Commission should be very aware of this.
We shouldn’t be defensive resigning ourselves to preparing for a legal ban, but rather being proactive and reaching out to policymakers/lawmakers to ensure common sense legislation prevails before this goes any further. I would be happy to speak with whomever or providing additional information to demonstrate how IPFS is a tool which improves collaborative research in everything from climate sciences to bioinformatics research. Feel free to ping me at david at dclimate.net