# Turkey's Antalya AI pledge at COP31 is voluntary, critic Justine Calma says

> Original title: The global pledge to use AI for climate good is a cruel joke

- Source: The Verge · AI
- Published: 2026-11-09T21:13:16.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ya8jvumprnnexu4rzh68lo002
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/science/1030252/ai-data-center-climate-pledge-united-nations-cop31

## Summary

Turkey's Antalya Artificial Intelligence Pledge, previewed ahead of COP31 in Antalya, calls for clean-powered data centers, reporting requirements and e-waste management. The Verge's Justine Calma calls it a placebo because its objectives are voluntary and create no new obligations, and the US, the country with the most data centers, has no official delegates at the summit.