AI Environmental Transparency Initiative
Coverage of AI Environmental Transparency Initiative in the Nexus archive.
- ‘It is time to come clean’: UN Secretary General calls out AI companies on their climate impact
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged AI companies to disclose their carbon pollution, water, and land use through the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative, calling for renewable energy use by 2030 and increased transparency amid growing concerns over AI's environmental impact.
- AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged AI companies to disclose their carbon pollution, water, and land usage, and commit to renewable energy by 2030. He proposed the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative amid concerns about AI's growing environmental footprint, including data centers contributing to rising greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption.
- AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged AI companies to disclose their carbon pollution, water, and land usage, and commit to renewable energy by 2030. He highlighted the growing environmental impact of data centers powering AI, noting their electricity consumption and pollution could double within four years.