This article is published in association with IMF. Crypto mining and data centers now account for 2 percent of global electricity use and nearly 1 percent of global emissions, and their footprint is growing. Shafik Hebous, Nate Vernon-Lin What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power hungry. Because of the electricity […]Carbon Emissions from AI and Crypto Are Surging and Tax Policy Can Help
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This article is published in association with IMF. Crypto mining and data centers now account for 2 percent of global electricity use and nearly 1 percent of global emissions, and their footprint is growing. Shafik Hebous, Nate Vernon-Lin What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power hungry. Because of the electricity […]Why we can’t meet the SDGs without ending the digital divide
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Christopher Worman, Co-Founder, Chief Partnership and Strategy Officer, Connect Humanity On 1 January 2016, the world’s nations put forward a to-do list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a fairer, healthier, more sustainable world by 2030. It […]
