Tag: Reassessing
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Reassessing AI’s Environmental Footprint: A Smaller Impact Than Anticipated
New research challenges the widespread belief that artificial intelligence is driving a major spike in global greenhouse gas emissions. The study suggests that AI’s overall influence on worldwide pollution is small and could even support environmental and economic progress. Scientists from the University of Waterloo and the Georgia Institute of Technology analyzed U.S. economic data…
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Reassessing COP30: The Reality Behind the ‘Tripling Adaptation Finance’ Target
One of the headline outcomes to emerge from COP30 was a new target to “at least triple” finance for climate adaptation in developing countries by 2035. Vulnerable nations stress that they urgently need to strengthen their infrastructure as climate hazards intensify, but they struggle to attract funding for these efforts. The new goal, which builds…