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Carbon accounting on WindowsForum.com covers the methods and challenges of measuring greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the context of AI, cloud computing, and enterprise sustainability. Discussions include enabled emissions from fossil fuel extraction, Microsoft's carbon removal deals like BECCS, and partnerships such as Novata and Microsoft to provide AI-powered sustainability tools for SMEs. The tag explores how companies account for direct and indirect emissions, the role of mandatory disclosure, and the complexities of carbon neutrality goals in the tech industry.
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    Enabled Emissions: Disclosing AI and Cloud’s Hidden Climate Impact

    A small, determined group of former Microsoft employees is forcing a difficult conversation into the open: the climate impact of artificial intelligence is not just the electricity powering data centres, it also includes the emissions enabled when AI and cloud services accelerate fossil fuel...
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    Microsoft’s Carbon Neutrality Goals and the Controversial BECCS Carbon Removal Deal

    Microsoft’s carbon neutrality ambitions have repeatedly made international headlines, and the recent extension of its agreement with Stockholm Exergi adds fresh fuel to both optimism and controversy around the tech giant’s climate strategy. In a move touted as the world’s largest carbon removal...