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Scope 3 emissions, particularly enabled emissions from AI and cloud services, are a growing concern in corporate climate accounting. Discussions on this tag focus on the hidden climate impact of technology, including emissions from fossil fuel extraction accelerated by AI and cloud computing. The tag covers debates around mandatory disclosure of these downstream emissions, which are often omitted from corporate reports. Topics include the role of major cloud providers and AI vendors in incomplete climate footprint reporting, and the push for greater transparency to inform investors, regulators, and the public.
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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