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The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. For the first time since 2007, Google said it is no longer a carbon neutral company.In the last one environmental report, the technology giant has marked a turnaround in its climate strategy, essentially for two reasons:the development of the artificial intelligence sector, highly energy intensive, That it cost to Google a 48% increase in emissions (+13% only between 2022 and 2023);the decision to abandon the practice of purchasing carbon credits to offset the emissions produced. To maintain the goal of climate neutrality by 2030, Google has decided to change its strategy and focus "on accelerating a series of solutions and partnerships for carbon emissions".This is an important turning point because it is the first time that a large company has renounced the compensation of emissions produced through the acquisition of carbon credits. Carbon offsetting is the di...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. “My generation betrayed Greta Thunberg's.”The words are of Pete Betts, “a legend of climate diplomacy and of the United Nations Climate Conferences”, as Simon Sharpe, a former British civil servant, defined him in his recent book Five Times Faster.  Whereas Betts was the UK Government's International Director for Climate and Energy for ten years, lead negotiator at COPs for the European Union and for the United Kingdom at the United Nations on climate, and has managed international climate finance for a worth approximately 3.5 billion euros, his words are more than a bitter personal observation, they are a political message that calls the international community into question.They almost sound like an admission of the collective failure of a generation of political leaders, journalists and social partners, incapable of grasping the crucial importance of...