Microsoft is still committed to its goal of being carbon negative in 2030 despite investments in AI leading to a large expansion of emissions-intensive data centres causing a 23% increase from 2020 in the company’s planet warming impact. The tech giant has signed multiple carbon removal deals to reach its targets. Bloomberg reports on the story.
Meanwhile, record-high emissions are set to deplete the planet’s carbon budget within three years, seriously reducing the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5°C as outlined in the Paris Agreement. Scientists have warned that climate action is failing to keep up with increasing emissions. The Financial Times reports on the news.
