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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls cryptocurrency CO2 emissions a 'growing concern'

Published 04/04/2022, 04:30 PM
Updated 04/04/2022, 06:00 PM
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls cryptocurrency CO2 emissions a 'growing concern'

The United Nations arm aimed at assessing the science related to climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, has named crypto among technologies that may require greater energy demands.

According to a report released on Monday, the IPCC said cryptocurrencies, as part of the infrastructure around data centers and information technology systems related to blockchain, had the potential to be a “major global source” of carbon dioxide emissions. The group said that estimated CO2 emissions between 2010 and 2019 suggested there was only a 50% probability of limiting the rise of the average temperature of Earth by 1.5°C, based on the remaining carbon budget from 2020.

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