ENVENV-003 — Resource Allocation Imbalances
AI Systems Driving Unquantified Environmental and Climate Harms
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
General-purpose AI deployment generates material environmental risks including accelerated energy consumption, carbon emissions, and pollution at scale. Boards lack adequate disclosure frameworks to assess or govern these liabilities, creating regulatory and reputational exposure.
Domain
Environmental Factors
Blindspots in organisational culture, stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, market pressure, regulatory environment, and external partnerships.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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