AI-Driven Climate Change Pushes Frontline Communities Further Into Environmental Degradation and Poverty By Oritro Karim Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

AI-Driven Climate Change Pushes Frontline Communities Further Into Environmental Degradation and Poverty By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 2026 (IPS) - On September 21, Frontline Resource Institute (FRI) hosted its Climate Justice Hub at Fordham University at Lincoln Center in New York City under the theme “Building a Stronger Climate Coalition.” As part of Climate Week, and coinciding with the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, the event united advocates, researchers, policymakers, and frontline leaders to address the intensifying threat of climate change to global public health, while highlighting the need for stricter guardrails on artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, particularly in their impacts on frontline communities. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/ai-driven-climate-change-pushes-frontline-communities-further-into-environmental-degradation-and-poverty/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Forty_Years_of_the_Right_to_Development_When_Growth_Excludes_Is_It_Still_Development_Floods_Hunger_a Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -