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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

The key question remains whether timing will allow these reports to inform the next UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST), expected to take place in 2028. Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions.

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What are the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

electricity consumption and projections to 2028 fall within 6.7% Second, the electricity powering data centers often comes from fossil fuel power plants that release air pollutants when burning coal and natural gas. In 2018, data centers were using 1.9% (76 TWh) of total United States electricity consumed.

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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

The key question remains whether timing will allow these reports to inform the next UNFCCC Global Stocktake (GST), expected to take place in 2028. Fossil fuels, which are central to mitigation discussions but were largely avoided, reflecting ongoing political tensions.

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China’s oil demand could peak in 2025

A Greener Life

The forecast also predicts that Chinas overall fossil fuel demand will peak in 2028, coinciding with the peak in energy-related carbon emissions. Following the anticipated peak, demand will gradually decline, falling to 240 million tonnes by 2060 a nearly 70% drop from peak levels, ETRI revealed.

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Beyond the Cloud: What’s AI’s True Environmental Cost? Part 2

Enviromental Defense

Goldman Sachs analysis predicts that by 2028, AI will represent about 19 per cent of all data centre power demand. In October 2024, BP’s CEO Murray Auchincloss explicitly cited tech “hyperscalers” as driving demand for natural gas, describing AI as “a major boon for the fossil fuel industry.”

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The Pipeline Reality Check Part 2

Enviromental Defense

Simply stated, more pipelines mean that more fossil fuels are pumped or mined from the ground, which are eventually burned, producing more greenhouse gases. As my colleague Emilia Belliveau says, “pipelines enable more fossil fuel use. We need less.”

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Here Comes the Fossil Fuel Agenda

Union of Concerned Scientists

As part of his wide-ranging first-week activities, President Trump issued a barrage of executive orders specifically intended to boost the fortunes of the fossil fuel industry. A whole-of-government approach to selling the nation out The fossil fuel industrys wish-list is sprawling.