
This report gives a snapshot of current critical issues around AI, the cloud, and climate change. Awareness of the environmental impacts of AI and the cloud has been growing rapidly. While there are potential environmental benefits to unlock if we get our policy and practice right, indications from the latest AI revolution point toward a backsliding in climate and environmental commitments. Topics like AI and the climate are incredibly exciting and important for many of us. Yet the underlying evidence can be very complex, messy, and — unless you happen to be professionally or personally very into it — boring. We have done our best to make this report accessible to both technical and non-technical audiences, while preserving the nuance. There is some focus on the UK context, but this report should be of interest all around the world, especially since the 'cloud giants' Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have such a global reach.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
