Seden Anlar

Featured in: Favicon

eurozine.com Favicon

energytransition.org

Articles

How AI is fuelling the climate crisis, not solving it

Jan 3, 2025 | energytransition.org | Seden Anlar

‘Artificial intelligence will make it easier to combat climate change.’ That’s the bold made by billionaire and self-proclaimed climate problem–solver Bill Gates. But Gates – a well-known advocate of geoengineering – is not alone in promoting the idea that technology can be our saviour. Seden Anlar reports. Jeff Bezos, another billionaire and the CEO of Amazon, one of the world’s most polluting companies, has also placed his bets on AI to address climate change.
The US and the UK after neoliberalism

Nov 4, 2024 | eurozine.com | Seden Anlar

This year marks the largest global election year in history. Sixty-four countries plus the European Union, together representing about 49 per cent of the world’s population, have or will vote. Every level of governance – national, local, federal and cross-border – is up for grabs. Much is at stake, as the outcomes of these elections will shape crucial issues like climate action, the energy crisis, and the global rise of racism, xenophobia and anti-immigration sentiments.
Cooperation or neo-colonialism?

May 21, 2024 | eurozine.com | Seden Anlar

In recent years, the European Union (EU) has consolidated its position as a global actor, spurred by acute challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. These crises have prompted a reassessment of the EU’s foreign policy. In the process, the distinction between domestic and international policy spheres has been blurred, illustrating how national elections and policies can have far-reaching effects on global dynamics.
Dry Land for Thirsty Data

Apr 23, 2024 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Seden Anlar |Jessica Furseth |Pablo Jiménez Arandia

The AI boom is driving a need for huge data centres that consume vast volumes of water and energy. In the face of growing resistance, big tech companies are looking for new regions to build them in. Can a country like Spain, in the midst of a climate emergency, take this gamble? Meta and other internet giants think so. When Aurora Gómez was 15, rumours started to sweep through her village in central-southern Spain that an airport would be built on nearby farmland.
Countdown to COP28 Final Day

Dec 11, 2023 | caneurope.org | Seden Anlar

With just one day to go, we are in the final push to ensure COP28 delivers final decisions that truly address the urgency of the climate crisis without casting a shadow over the future of our planet and the communities most vulnerable to the devastating effects of climate change. “It’s expected that the COP28 Presidency will bring near final texts on Monday morning.
REACTION: European Parliament Urges EU to Ramp Up Climate Action and Finance Ahead of COP28

Nov 21, 2023 | caneurope.org | Seden Anlar

In a pivotal plenary vote on its Resolution for the UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai (COP28), the European Parliament set out its priorities to address the pressing climate crisis. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) emphasised the urgent need for a tangible phase out of fossil fuels as soon as possible to keep the 1.5°C target within reach, including an immediate halt to all new investments in fossil fuel extraction.
Media Briefing - COP28: How can Europe lead fair negotiations, bridging gaps in commitments, and steering global efforts toward the 1.5°C target?

Nov 21, 2023 | caneurope.org | Seden Anlar

As the world grapples with the repercussions of a year marked by unprecedented climate events, the international community turns its gaze towards the United Nations conference in the UAE, less than two weeks away. Against the backdrop of record-breaking global temperatures and extreme weather worldwide, including Greek wildfires and Libyan floods intensified by global warming, the urgency of tackling the climate crisis is more pressing than ever.
Time to End Fossil Winters

Nov 15, 2023 | caneurope.org | Chiara Martinelli |Can Europe |Seden Anlar

Followed by another summer marred by extreme weather events, winter sets in as the haunting shadow of the fossil fuel crisis looms large once again. The past few years have exposed Europe’s and the globe’s dangerous addiction to fossil fuels. A dependence that not only jeopardises Europe’s energy security and pushes many Europeans into energy poverty but also harms the climate and our future. The fossil fuel crisis continues.
Joint Statement: People Over Polluters

Oct 25, 2023 | caneurope.org | Seden Anlar

On the 25th of October 2023, 100+ civil society, trade unions and anti-poverty groups signed on to the People Over Polluters declaration to kick polluters out of decision making and centre the voices of groups working for the public interest. New Fossil Free Politics research shows oil companies actively lobbied and weakened social measures, including windfall taxes, at the national and EU levels that would have helped millions during the fossil fuel crisis.
Joint Letter: Climate Commissioner must support ambitious EU methane regulation

Oct 6, 2023 | caneurope.org | Seden Anlar

To: Executive Vice President Maros SefcovicClimate Commissioner Wopke HoekstraDirectorate-General for Climate ActionAs civil society organisations active in the field of the reduction of methane emissions from fossil fuel operations, we are writing to urgently request your stronger support and involvement in the ongoing trilogue negotiations for the Methane Regulation to cut methane emissions in the energy sector (COM/2021/805 final).