‘If AI is to help build a better future, it must be honest about what it costs us now’: UN urges AI giants to reveal full extent of environmental damage

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Jun 24, 2026, 2:05 pm123 pts
UN calls on AI companies to declare environmental cost of AI New energy projects and data centers are contributing to pollution UN sets up AI Environmental Transparency Initiative to provide insight into the impacts of water usage, carbon emissions, and land usage Multiple studies on the direct and indirect…

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