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UN warns digital economy drive damaging environment

Geneva (AFP) July 10, 2024
The drive towards a digital economy comes at an environmental cost, the United Nations warned Wednesday, with big data centres consuming vast amounts of water and energy. While digitalisation fuels global economic growth, its environmental repercussions are becoming "increasingly severe", the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD said in a report. The agency called for sustainable strat

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