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The investor climate risk tag covers discussions about the financial implications of climate change for investors, particularly focusing on the hidden climate impacts of AI and cloud computing. Recent content highlights how major tech companies, including Microsoft, may be underreporting their full climate footprint by excluding enabled emissions from fossil fuel extraction accelerated by their services. This creates material risks for investors who rely on incomplete corporate climate disclosures to assess portfolio exposure to climate-related financial risks. The tag explores the gap between reported emissions and actual climate impact, emphasizing the need for mandatory disclosure of enabled emissions to provide investors with a complete picture of environmental liabilities.
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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...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News