Alessio Terzi

Nov 14, 2024 | illuminem.com | Alessio Terzi

As world leaders descend on Baku for COP29, a familiar yet unsettling pattern seems poised to repeat itself. Global climate summits, from Kyoto to Paris, have always been imbued with hope that nations could unite against a common existential threat. Yet, as time progresses and the stakes rise, an inconvenient truth is becoming increasingly evident: a warming world is likely to fuel division, not unity.

Aug 10, 2024 | journals.openedition.org | Alessio Terzi

Abstract | Text | Notes | References | About the author Full text 1 Demand reduction is notably analyzed in Chapter V of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report entitled “Dem (...) 1As an economist, how do you analyze the concept of “sobriété” – frugality, sufficiency – and, more generally, the focus put on demand reduction as a way of fighting climate change?1 2Alessio Terzi: Let me first state the obvious: avoiding a climate catastrophe and environmental collapse is an immense challenge, and the...

Jun 17, 2024 | deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de | Alessio Terzi

Lesezeit: 7 min In nicht einmal einem Monat werden sich Wirtschaftslenker, führende Regierungsvertreter und Spitzen der Zivilgesellschaft und internationaler Organisationen nach China aufmachen zu einer vom Weltwirtschaftsforum organisierten Jahrestagung. Es wird erwartet, dass das diesjährige „Sommer-Davos“ sich auf neue Wachstumsbereiche konzentriert, und im Rampenlicht dürfte Chinas Wirtschaft stehen. Die Wirtschaftskrise in China verschärft sich trotz steigender Exporte.

May 1, 2024 | project-syndicate.org | Alessio Terzi

CAMBRIDGE/NEW YORK – Improving energy efficiency is undoubtedly a good thing. But efficiency should not be confused – as it sometimes is – with sufficiency, which calls for limiting energy consumption and is thus closely connected to the degrowth movement. Tackling climate change means doing more with less, not simply doing less.

Apr 15, 2024 | promarket.org | Alessio Terzi

Environmentally conscious critics of artificial intelligence worry about the massive amounts of energy and fresh water its data centers require. Alessio Terzi writes that in the long term, and with the help of government regulation, the benefits of AI-accelerated innovation will outweigh the short-term environmental costs we now observe. The techno-optimism surrounding the surge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is palpable.