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"UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world's electricity and more water than we need to drink"
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UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world's electricity and more water than we need to drink
One argument often used to quell concerns about the rising energy and resource demand of data centers is that artificial intelligence (AI) models will need less in the future as they improve and become more efficient.

"UN report flags disproportionate costs of clean energy transition"
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UN report flags disproportionate costs of clean energy transition
A new report published by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) warns that wealthy nations’ push toward cleaner energy comes with high environmental and social costs in mineral-producing countries. The investigation links the extraction of transition minerals used in green energy technologies like solar panels and rechargeable batteries to acute […]

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The #UnitedNations General Assembly adopted a draft resolution [1] calling "on all UN Member States to take all possible steps to avoid causing significant damage to the #climate and #environment

"'London isn't just calling, it's cooking', UN chief tells climate conference"
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"Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns"
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"Global sand demand is outpacing nature’s ability to replenish it, UN says"
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Global sand demand is outpacing nature's ability to replenish it, UN says
The global sand mining industry removes around 50 billion metric tons of material each year, outpacing the rate at which sand replenishes.