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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.
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.
Summit of the Future: Youth Driven Action Needed to Tackle Nuclear and Climate Crises
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Driving the Summit of the Future's core messages of international solidarity and decisive action are young people who are determined to address the intersecting issues that the world contends with today.
It Is Time to Save The Deep Sea
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 23 (IPS) - This week's United Nations General Assembly marks nearly 20 years since the body first resolved to restrict bottom trawling on the world's seamounts, submarine mountains that rise thousands of feet above the sea floor and comprise some of the most biologically rich marine ecosystems on the planet.
UN Assembly President urges nations to sustain momentum from Summit of the Future
- UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action and to advance the outcomes of the Summit of the Future as it concluded on Monday.
LIVE: World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future
- UN News
World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where world leaders have just adopted the Pact for the Future by consensus - with a small group of just seven countries holding out, having failed to pass a last-minute amendment. The centrepiece of the Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the multilateral system and steer humanity on a new course to meet existing commitments and solve long-term challenges. Watch the opening session here at UN Web TV, and UN News app users can follow our live coverage here.
Gang Violence and Mass Displacement Ravage Haiti
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - Amid the ongoing civil unrest in Haiti due to gang violence, levels of internal displacement have soared. Mass internal displacements in Haiti have led to a host of adverse consequences. This includes a disruption of schooling, increased levels of violence and exploitation, and limited access to essential services such as healthcare.
Summit of the Future: On the Need for Civil Society to Make Its Voice Count at the UN
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 20 (IPS) - Sarah Strack is Forus DirectorIn a context of shrinking civic space that threatens civil society participation in an increasing number of countries and all the way to some UN processes, world leaders will gather to discuss the "multilateralism we want" at the Summit of the Future at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Forest Fires in the Amazon Threaten Earth’s Stability
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 (IPS) - This year has been the worst for the Amazon rainforest in almost two decades. Although there has been a measured decline in deforestation when compared to 2023, forest fires have ravaged acres of critical ecosystems. For the first eight months of this year, the Amazon has seen routine forest fires, totalling to over 53,000 recorded instances.
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