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Carbon Emissions from AI and Crypto are Surging - and Tax Policy Can Help
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Sep 24 (IPS) - What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power hungry.
Because of the electricity used by high-powered equipment to "mine" crypto assets, one Bitcoin transaction requires roughly the same amount of electricity as the average person in Ghana or Pakistan consumes in three years. ChatGPT queries require 10 times more electricity than a Google search, due to the electricity consumed by AI data centers.
Net Zero by 2050 Delays Needed Urgent Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 24 (IPS) - Net zero emissions by 2050 prioritise mitigation for climate stabilisation. Pledges to achieve this still distant target have grown but inadvertently delay urgently needed climate action in the near term.
Gaza crisis reveals ‘true nature’ of Israeli regime, Iranian President says
- UN News
The President of Iran told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that the past year revealed to the world the true nature of the Israeli regime.
UN paralyzed, challenges piling up, world leaders ‘going around in circles’, says Brazil’s Lula
- UN News
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for a major overhaul of the United Nations, including a critical examination of the Organization's nearly eight decades-old Charter, blaming the incapacity of the international community to engage in sincere negotiations for the failure to find solutions to the world's problems.
Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world leaders
- UN News
The international community bears responsibility for its failure to stop the catastrophe in Gaza, the Amir of Qatar told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, emphasizing that after almost a year of conflict, it is no longer tenable to speak of Israel’s right to defend itself without being complicit in justifying their actions.
‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa
- UN News
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday told the UN General Assembly that his nation had benefited from a wave of international solidarity in the battle to end apartheid and usher in a new democratic era.
Guterres to world leaders: Stay committed to UN development goals
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for finance, climate action and peace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.
‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President
- UN News
In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body’s President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate “remains one of the world’s most inclusive, represented, representative and authoritative platforms for global reflection of collective action”.
The world is at an inflection point but ‘there’s always a way forward’, says Biden
- UN News
United States President Joe Biden told leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that with the world at a historical inflection point “our task, our test, is to make sure that the forces holding us together are stronger than those that are pulling us apart.”
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia ‘can only be forced into peace’ says Zelenskyy
- UN News
The UN Security Council is meeting for a high level briefing on the Ukraine war. The UN Secretary-General told foreign ministers and ambassadors that Russia's invasion of Ukraine since 2014, when Moscow took Crimea, was a clear violation of the UN Charter." We'll have full coverage as it happens, and UN News app users can follow here.
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