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The global pledge to use AI for climate good is a cruel joke

| Photo: AFP via Getty Images At this point, reading through the latest splashy pledge to use AI for the good of the environment feels like downing a nonalcoholic beer.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 9, 2026, 9:13 PM UTC
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  • Turkey previewed its Antalya Artificial Intelligence Pledge ahead of the convening, inv … Read the full story at The Verge.
  • But I love beer and our planet enough to give it a whirl - and hey, why not try a little harm reduction?

Murat Kurum (left), Turkey’s minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change; and Chris Bowen, Australia's minister for Climate Change and Energy, raise their hands together at the COP31 UN Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, on November 9th, 2026.

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