Head in the clouds: 'We're not thinking about' the energy required to store our digital data
• Nov 18, 2024, 9:42 AM
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Climate talks in Azerbaijan are focusing on getting more climate cash for developing countries to transition away from fossil fuels, adapt to climate change and pay for damages caused by extreme weather. And for the first time ever, 'digital pollution is now on the agenda," says Dr Andrea Soltoggio, Lecturer in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Loughborough University. Dr Soltoggio is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
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South Korea hosts treaty talks on curbing 'existential challenge' of plastic pollution
• 9:01 PM
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A conference on how to end plastic pollution opened on Monday in Busan, South Korea, but there was little consensus between nations on how to deal with the 90 percent of plastic produced globally that is not recycled.
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Developing nations blast 'paltry' $300 billion deal approved at COP29 UN climate summit
• 7:48 AM
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The contentious deal reached at the UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, commits developed nations to paying at least $300 billion a year by 2035 to help developing countries reduce their greenhouse gas emissons and prepare for disasters related to glo
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Key points of the COP29 deal to help poorer nations cope with climate change
• 3:19 AM
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The Baku accord raises the amount of money that developed countries must provide to help poorer nations adapt to global warming to at least $300 billion per year by 2035. The deal states that the money will come from a "wide variety of sources", includin
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