UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lambasted AI for being extremely energy-hungry and not sustainable, and has called on tech companies to power their data centres with 100% renewable energy by 2030.
The International Court of Justice says that a sustainable environment is a human right and that that insufficient climate action violate international law in a landmark ruling.
50% more expensive olive oil in the EU, 80% more expensive vegetables in the US, 300% more expensive lettuce in Australia. New research has calculated how price increases in 2022–2024 can be linked to climate change. And this is just the beginning.
After President Trump’s signing of the “Big Beautiful Bill”, defense spending will increase by $150 billion, pushing it over $1 trillion by 2026. The significant boost in military funding is set to increase the Pentagon’s already high carbon emissions and cause severe climate repercussions.
Today is election day in Canada. If the Conservatives win, climate emissions risk increasing by almost 800 million tonnes over the next decade. But the Liberal Party is nowhere near the climate targets either.
Extreme temperature levels threatens insurers’ ability to provide coverage for climate risks. And without insurance, the financial sector will be unable to operate, which could mark the end of our economic system and civilization itself, warns a top insurer.
The CEO of OpenAI estimated that the company has likely lost tens of millions of dollars due to users’ polite interactions with AI models. The significant power consumption required for AI interactions is straining electricity grids, and projections suggest that data centres could account for a considerable increase in electricity demand in the US and globally.
New research shows that by simply chewing on a single stick of gum, thousands of microplastics can be released into our saliva and then ingested – potentially posing health risks.
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The United Nations special rapporteur on environmental defenders, Michel Forst, has expressed his concern that climate activists in Sweden are being treated as “criminals” by the government and authorities.
A new study has found that large-scale solar farms offer important habitat for threatened bird species and that they can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields.
In 2024, this “Rebel Mom” was forced from her job at the Swedish Energy Agency where she had been working on a security-classified position as a gas coordinator since 2023. Her employer had suddenly considered her to be a security threat because of her climate activism.
A new high-speed train service between Paris and Berlin aims to provide a more convenient and environmentally friendly alternative to travel between the two major European cities.
Almost 200 land defenders and climate activists were murdered in 2024. And environmental activists are increasingly facing tougher suppression and harassment from governments in Western countries.
OPEC claimed in its annual World Oil Outlook (WOO) that there was “no peak oil on the horizon” and that phasing out oil was a “fantasy”.
In the US, natural gas for electricity production has usually outpaced renewables. But for the first time ever, renewables will clearly outpace natural gas in 2024.