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The Swedish city of Gothenburg has put itself in the unusual situation of being fined for missing environmental targets.
Sweden’s second biggest city is believed to be the first local government in the world to take out a "sustainability linked loan" or SLL. This type of financing requires the borrower to meet agreed environmental and social goals each year or face financial penalties

#EnvironmentalGoals #Sustainability #MunicipalGovernment

euronews.com/green/2025/03/31/

Gothenburg fined for missing renewable energy goal. Here’s why it’s happy to take the hit
euronews · This Swedish city has put its money where its mouth is on green issuesThe council is holding itself to strict standards on energy and EVs as it seeks to be close to carbon-free by 2030.

IEA and EDNA released today a report assessing models on data center energy use and providing new estimates.

🏭 Global power consumption of data centers (excluding crypto)
2023 : 300-380 TWh
2030 : 600-800 TWh

🤖 AI data center power consumption
2023 : 30-50 TWh
2030 : 200-400 TWh

+ nice synthesis of previous estimates and models.

Link : iea-4e.org/wp-content/uploads/

In a shocking twist, The Verge discovers that Indians have figured out how to *gasp* repair things instead of throwing them away. 💡🔧 Meanwhile, the rest of the world continues its heroic fight to keep landfills fully stocked. 🌎🗑️
theverge.com/tech/639126/india #repairculture #sustainability #innovation #waste #reduction #landfillissues #HackerNews #ngated

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The Verge · The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair marketsVon Hanan Zaffar

"There are multiple reasons for why food prices are on the rise. There are major similarities between the FAO food price index and energy prices. ...Transportation costs have increased a lot, which have two consequences. One is simply that costs increase, the other, equally important, is that competition decreases... More than free trade policies, the low cost of transportation has been the main engine for the economic globalization.