A recent UNESCO study highlights the growing environmental impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its substantial energy consumption. The report notes that platforms like OpenAI's ChatGPT consume an amount of electricity annually comparable to that used by three million people in Ethiopia. UNESCO suggests that energy usage can be significantly reduced by employing smaller, more efficient AI models, potentially saving up to 90% of energy. Additionally, the study recommends that users ask shorter questions to further halve ChatGPT's energy consumption. Despite these concerns, AI's energy use in personal applications remains lower than that of common digital streaming services such as Netflix, which uses approximately 100 times more electricity per hour of viewing than a single ChatGPT query. UNESCO calls for the adoption of more energy-efficient AI models to mitigate the environmental pressures on global energy and water resources.