https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=106875 2026-02-17T06:54:20Z https://www.snipit.org/images/scissors.gif https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=106875 Snip!t channel - Alan Dix: Channels > sustainability “When we talk about AI that’s ‘good’ for the planet, it’s often predictive models, extractive models, or old-school AI models.” https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1670009 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/17/tech-companies-traditional-ai-generative-climate-breakdown-report 2026-02-17T06:54:20Z This week, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, called for economies to “move beyond GDP” as a measure of progress, warning that the world’s “existing accounting systems” were driving the planet towards disaster. His remar... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1669862 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/feb/09/economic-growth-carbon-emissions-impact-global-heating 2026-02-10T06:54:45Z It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1669387 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security 2026-01-31T12:14:47Z The result was a world in which 75% of people lived in countries classified as water-insecure or critically water-insecure and 2 billion people lived on ground that is sinking as groundwater aquifers collapse. Conflicts over water had risen... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1668988 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/era-of-global-water-bankruptcy-is-here-un-report-says 2026-01-21T06:33:10Z The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1668987 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer 2026-01-21T06:29:40Z A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: “Nature underpins our security, prosperity, and resilience and understanding the threats we face from biodiversity loss is crucial to meeting them head on. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1668986 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/biodiversity-collapse-threatens-uk-security-intelligence-chiefs-warn 2026-01-21T06:28:14Z Our goal is to create a mapping tool that captures and highlights what truly matters to communities, empowering them to use it to influence how their places are planned and developed. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1665247 https://publicmap.org/en/about 2025-09-12T06:39:11Z Gifts were the biggest contributor to the total, accounting for more than 93% of emissions, according to ClimatePartner, which carried out the analysis on behalf of the Guardian, using market research provided by Finder. It found the averag... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1660098 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/24/average-briton-causes-23-times-more-co2-on-christmas-day-study-reveals?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 2024-12-25T08:11:51Z Nuclear is costly, risky and slow, Ramana says. Why then, he asks in his new book, do governments still champion it? https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1658117 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/04/mv-ramana-why-nuclear-power-not-solution-energy-needs 2024-09-05T07:27:27Z Inspired by Ed Hawkins’ climate stripes, the new air quality stripes show air pollution from 1850 to today. Each year is a separate vertical bar that is coloured according to the amount of particle pollution. 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