AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoClimate & Health: A Columbia University study links cleaner air to better mental development in toddlers, showing cognitive gains as pollution fell. AI’s Environmental Cost: Morningstar finds asset owners increasingly worry AI raises energy demand and emissions, with 25% flagging AI’s environmental impact as a risk. Disaster Spotlight: COP31 president-designate Murat Kurum points to Nepal’s glacier-triggered floods as a human face of climate risk, while interfaith leaders urge stronger climate justice. Data Centers Under Pressure: Canada’s federal data-center “responsible development” principles were drafted without public input, and separate reporting highlights community backlash over higher energy, water, and pollution burdens. Research Funding Shift: Korea plans to expand R&D support for regional national university hospitals to all nine, aiming to build local health research hubs. Sustainability in Products: UK researchers say big nutrition and environmental gains are possible by changing surprisingly few food products. Clean Tech Milestone: Oregon’s PacWave South opens as the first grid-connected open-ocean wave energy test facility on the U.S. coast.
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