Climate Change AI at COP29
Events
- AI Innovation Grand Challenge Award Ceremony – Nov 16, 2024, Special Event Room - Nasimi, Blue Zone, COP29
- Bridging the digital divide: Ensuring inclusive frontier technology for climate action – Nov 18, 2024, Capacity-Building Hub, Special Event Room - Shirvan, Blue Zone, COP29 + Livestream (for registered participants)
- Radical Innovation for Climate Action: Education, Business, and Investment – Nov 18, 2024, Digital Innovation Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP29 + Livestream
About
Climate Change AI (CCAI) empowers a global community of innovators, practitioners, and decision-makers to accelerate responsible climate action through the use of AI, by addressing critical gaps in expertise, education, coordination, and research-to-deployment infrastructure. CCAI is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and is run by a small team of staff alongside a dedicated team of 50 volunteers hailing from five continents and bringing significant breadth and depth of expertise on both AI and climate change.
AI Innovation Grand Challenge Award Ceremony
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 17:00-17:30 (GMT+4, AZT Time) - Special Event Room - Nasimi, Blue Zone, COP29
The AI Innovation Grand Challenge Award Ceremony will celebrate innovative artificial intelligence solutions that contribute to climate resilience and mitigation in developing countries. This event will recognize and promote pioneering projects aimed at leveraging AI to address the urgent challenges posed by climate change, emphasizing solutions developed and led by teams from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and led by women. The Grand Challenge Award aligns with the thematic workstreams of the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee’s rolling work plan for 2023-2027.
Moderators:
- Dr. Maria João Sousa - Executive Director, Climate Change AI
Speakers:
- Mr. Thibyan Ibrahim, Chair of the Technology Executive Committee
- Mr. Bill Wright, Chair of the Enterprise Neurosystem
- Ms. Sophie De Coninck, Director of UNFCCC Means of Implementation Division
- Dr. Letetia Addison, Winner of the AI Innovation Grand Challenge
Organizers: UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee and Enterprise Neurosystem
Bridging the digital divide: Ensuring inclusive frontier technology for climate action
Monday, November 18, 2024, 09:00-10:00 (GMT+4, AZT Time) - Capacity-Building Hub, Special Event Room - Shirvan, Blue Zone, COP29 + Livestream (for registered participants)
Frontier technology tools can make humanity more resilient to climate-related hazards; providing long-term social and economic benefits. For example, AI can be used to forecast and monitor extreme weather events, it can provide automatic translation of warning messages, and it can assist in decision making. However, differences in infrastructure (e.g., observational networks and connectivity), education and training opportunities, and governance, can delay the adoption of these tools and further deepen economic divides. This session will look at: how digital tools can be deployed, it will look at education and training efforts being coordinated in key regions (and the benefits of different approaches and formats), and it will highlight the importance of interdisciplinary, intersectoral, and international collaboration in the development of standards. Finally, it will reveal gaps where more capacity building activities could be beneficial and highlight the positive impacts that this can have on a key fundamental human right: an adequate standard of living.
Moderators:
- Monique Kuglish, Innovation Manager, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut
Panelists:
- Dr. Anil Mishra - Chief of Hydrological Systems, Climate Change and Adaptation, International Hydrological Programme (IHP) UNESCO
- Dr. Elena Xoplaki - Assistant Professor, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen
- Lóránt Czárán - Chief of the U.N. Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
- Maria João Sousa - Executive Director, Climate Change AI
- Dr. Saman Ghaffarian - Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Geospatial Data Science at UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction
- Patrick Bueker - Environment Planning Officer, GIZ
Organizers: Climate Change AI, International Telecommunication Union, World Meteorological Organization, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut
Radical Innovation for Climate Action: Education, Business, and Investment
Monday, November 18, 2024, 15:00-16:00 (GMT+4, AZT Time) - Digital Innovation Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP29 + Livestream
This dynamic event brings together leaders in AI, data science, education, and green entrepreneurship to showcase transformative solutions that drive climate resilience and sustainability. From groundbreaking research to scalable business models, our expert panel will explore how technology and collaboration can revolutionize sustainable agriculture, climate education, and nature-based solutions. Participants will gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI tools and data platforms, unlocking practical strategies to tackle pressing climate challenges. This session is a call to action for policymakers, technologists, grassroots advocates, and investors to join forces, fostering a global movement for innovation-driven climate solutions. Whether you’re seeking actionable insights or new collaborations, this event is your platform for empowering local and global impact.
Moderator: Kenza Benmoussa, Climate Entrepreneur
Panelists:
- Marie-Claire Graf - Youth Negotiators Academy
- Yumna Yusuf - Sustainable finance specialist
- Dr. Wassim Dbouk - Researcher / UNFCCC negotiator
- Rush Bardolia - Green Earth Agro
- Zineb Jaoudat - Data & Strategy consultant
- Dr. Maria João Sousa - Climate Change AI
- Carl Philip Dybwad - Climate Cardinals