Environmental Cost of AI's Energy Use - Carbon, Water and Land Footprints / UNU-INWEH 2026
ID 26611 | 03 Luglio 2026
This report, Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water and Land Footprints, by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) on its 30th anniversary, examines one of the most underexplored consequences of AI’s rapid expansion: the environmental footprints of the energy required to power it. As artificial intelligence b [...]