Nature is angry. Just ask the Caribbean, where residents are recovering from one of the most powerful hurricanes in their history. This extreme event, like many others, bears the fingerprints of climate change, driven by the extraction and burning of fossil fuels. When I first became President of Colombia, Indigenous leaders told me that I must make peace, not just with the rebels, but with nature too. They were right and international law is on our side.
Even if AI turns out not to be as much of an energy hog as people are making it out to be, it could still spell out trouble for power grids across the US. Tech companies are already burning through increasing amounts of electricity to train and run new AI models. And they're asking for a lot more electricity as they try to outcompete each other. That rising demand is already starting to reshape the energy system, with utilities scrambling to build out new gas plants and pipelines.