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AI is an energy and water hog, here's what you can do to counter that

Every online query, especially those powered by AI, significantly increases energy and water consumption, experts warn. AI's growing demand is counterproductive to climate goals, with companies lacking transparency on resource use. Individuals can mitigate this by using AI less for simple tasks and making queries concise. While AI integration is…

The Economic Times

Why experts want you to think twice before using AI for everyday tasks

As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem

The Independent UK

'Some places carry the costs and other places capture the benefits': UN warns that AI is stripping natural resources in exchange for making the rich richer

New United Nations report demands better water and land use reporting, stronger governance to prevent focusing impacts on vulnerable communities.

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Be less polite: How to cut your AI impact as UN report reveals data centre energy use rivals nations

"That extra ‘please’ you put there can make a huge difference,” says one of the report's authors.

Euronews

Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries

According to a United Nations University report, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries

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UN calculates nation-sized environmental footprints for AI and data centers

According to a United Nations University report, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries

The Independent UK

'In every continent where humans are present, water bankruptcy is manifesting itself': Exiled Iranian scientist Kaveh Madani on our desperate need to preserve our most precious resource

Live Science spoke with Kaveh Madani, director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and recipient of the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize, about "water bankruptcy" and what countries should do to avoid catastrophe.

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Iran risks ‘going many years backward’ as environmental destruction threatens long-term health

Attacks on gas fields, nuclear sites, and desalination plants are leaching toxic pollutants into air, soil, and water, that could impact health for decades, experts say.

Euronews

Iran war's environmental toll could leave damage and health risks for decades, experts say

The Iran war is unleashing a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people’s health

The Independent UK

‘Nobel Prize of Water’ awarded to Iranian scientist who was exiled from his homeland

The Stockholm Water Prize, handed to Kaveh Madani, celebrates outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of water resources.

Euronews

‘They called me a water terrorist’: exiled Iranian scientist wins global prize

Prof Kaveh Madani, winner of the Stockholm water prize, was accused of sabotage with his environmental work

The Guardian - UK

UN warns! The world is entering ‘water bankruptcy’ and billions could be in serious danger

A new report from the United Nations warns that humanity has entered an era researchers call “water bankruptcy.” In many regions, rivers and rainfall can no longer meet demand. Countries are increasingly tapping into groundwater reserves that took centuries or even millennia to form. Once depleted, these sources might never…

The Times of India

Drastic water shortages and air pollution are fuelling Iran’s protests

This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

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Confronting a catastrophic water crisis as millions forced to return to Afghanistan

IN FOCUS: With the return of millions of Afghans to their homeland as they are forced from neighbouring nations, the country’s water crisis is spinning out of control – compounded by brutal aid cuts and how the Taliban is handling it. Nick Ferris reports

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The world has entered an era of ‘global water bankruptcy’, UN warns. What does it actually mean?

Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns.

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Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says

Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert

The Conversation

Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy

Fall marks the start of Iran’s rainy season, but large parts of the country have barely seen a drop as the nation faces one of its worst droughts in decades. Several key reservoirs are nearly dry, and Tehran, the nation’s capital, is facing an impending “Day Zero” – when the…

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up

As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle

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Many millions die without clean water or sanitation, UN says

A lack of drinking water and healthy sanitation infrastructure around the world is dire and getting worse, United Nations experts warned in a report issued Thursday

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Toxic Smog: Iran Criticized for Winter ‘Air Pollution Catastrophe’

In Iran this winter, hospital emergency rooms have been full, schools regularly closed, and many people unable to work or even leave their homes due to toxic smog, which a leading United Nations expert is calling an "air pollution catastrophe". Dirty air is a chronic problem in Iran. Many of…

Al Jazeera

Iran’s climate efforts derided as MENA nations take action

Nonexistent government action on climate change as iconic lakes such as Urmia in northwest Iran disappear.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rising Heat Drives Crippling Sandstorms across the Middle East

Over the past two months, Iraqis have been living, working and breathing in thick clouds of dust, as at least nine sandstorms - lasting up to several days each - have hit the country, blanketing everything in grit. Hospitals have reported a surge in admissions, with thousands of patients coming…

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Can MENA countries fight climate change the same way?

With Egypt’s COP27 six months away, experts are calling attention to the MENA region’s transition to clean energy.

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Should Middle East climate change be tackled with nuclear energy?

Nuclear power can help transition away from fossil fuels, but for Middle East nations there are dangers at every turn.

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