Technology term
Enabled Emissions
Additional greenhouse gas emissions that become possible when a technology lowers costs, raises productivity or expands a carbon-intensive activity. The term includes indirect effects, such as AI making additional fossil-fuel extraction economically viable.
English
Enabled Emissions
Arabic
الانبعاثات المُمكَّنة
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AI May Help Clean Energy, but Its Oil Gains Could Add 1.8 Billion Tonnes of CO₂
