2024年9月21日 · This week, UNEP released an issue note that explores AI’s environmental footprint and considers how the technology can be rolled out sustainably. It follows a major UNEP report, Navigating New Horizons , which also examined AI’s promise and perils.

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2024年7月10日 · Providing sectoral guidance to assist member states apply policy coherence for environmental governance, pursuing synergies across the climate, biodiversity and pollution agendas and promoting linkages with environmental rule of law, including on emerging issues.

This note outlines key areas identified by UNEP regarding the environmental impact of Artificial intelligence (AI) across its lifecycle. The note aims to inform Member States, civil society, the private sector and the public, while encouraging the research community to develop and use scientific methods to allow the objective measurement of AI ...

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2025年1月23日 · cross-cutting environmental and health issues, with a particular focus on life cycle assessment of the environmental and sustainable development impacts of specific technologies, in order to make informed decisions.