The global Bitcoin mining network is highly dependent on fossil fuels, having worrying impacts on water and land in addition to a significant carbon footprint, warns the new UN assessment....
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Chamanara, S., Madani, K.. 2023.The Hidden Environmental Cost of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin Mining Impacts Climate, Water and Land. United Nations, University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Hamilton, Canada,...
Modaresi Rad A., Abatzoglou J. T., Fleishman E., Mockrin M. H., Radeloff V. C., Pourmohamad Y., Cattau M., Johnson J. M., Higuera P., Nauslar N. J., Sadegh M. (2023) Social...
Ethnic minorities and poor communities in the U.S. are unequally exposed to the risk of levee failure under climate change, warns a new UN assessment. Published by UNU-INWEH, 5 September...
Vahedifard, F., Azhar, M., Brown, D. C,, Madani, K.. 2023. Inequity Behind Levees: The Case of the United States of America. United Nations, University Institute for Water, Environment and Health...
Gheuens, J.; Nagabhatla, N.; Perera, E.D.P. Disaster-Risk, Water Security Challenges and Strategies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Water 2019, 11, 637. Small island developing states (SIDS) are typically characterized...
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). 2017. Climate Change Impacts on Health in the Arab Region: A Case Study on Neglected Tropical Diseases. RICCAR Technical Report,...
Amarnath, G.; Alahacoon, N.; Smakhtin, V.; Aggarwal, P. 2017. Mapping multiple climate-related hazards in South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 41p. (IWMI ResearchReport 170). doi: 10.5337/2017.207...