Climate Week NYC is taking place alongside the United Nations General Assembly as world and business leaders confront the economic and human costs of climate change, higher energy prices and extreme weather. The agenda has expanded to include artificial intelligence and data centers, whose growing electricity and water needs could increase fossil-fuel use even as renewable energy becomes more competitive. More than 1,300 people were killed in sudden flooding linked to a collapsing glacier on the Nepal-China border, while U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell said fossil-fuel dependence was driving inflation and higher household energy costs. A report from the International Renewable Energy Agency, the Global Renewables Alliance and Turkey said the world can still meet its 2023 goal of tripling renewable power capacity by the end of the decade, but must add more capacity from 2026 through 2030 than in all previous years combined. The discussions also frame the clean-energy transition as an issue of national security, economic resilience and fairness.