Microsoft’s greenhouse gas pollution increased about 25 percent last year, the company says in its new sustainability report released Thursday. The report follows similar ones published by Google and Amazon last week. Together, they show a worrying trend of rising emissions from technology companies, driven by the global race to build energy-intensive data centers. In
You have full access to this article via your institution. Global engagement in highlighting and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is crucial to their success.Credit: Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Towards the end of next month, the United Nations will publish one of its most important reports this year. Its High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP, appointed