Recent years have brought rapid advances in artificial intelligence technologies, expanding the capabilities of AI systems to applications in numerous new fields. At the same time, many countries around the world have experienced increasingly serious effects of climate change, in particular in the form of extreme weather events. As these two trends develop in parallel, a range of new opportunities and challenges related to AI and climate change are starting to emerge. On the one hand, AI could help mitigate the climate crisis, helping researchers find cheaper alternatives to decarbonize our economy and aid assessment of exposure to climate risks. On the other hand, the increased demand for energy due to AI data centers is impacting efforts to decarbonize our energy systems.
On December 2, 2024, the Center on Regulation and Markets at Brookings and will host an event exploring these important topics at the intersection of climate change and AI. The event will feature a keynote fireside chat followed by two expert panels exploring the role of AI in climate change.
Viewers can join the conversation and ask questions in advance by emailing [email protected] or on X using the hashtag #AIandClimate.
This event is a part of the Center on Regulation and Markets鈥 series on 鈥Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulations.鈥
Agenda
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December 2
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Welcome and introduction
Ben Harris Vice President and Director - Economic Studies -
Keynote fireside chat
Vice President and Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability - Duke UniversityModerator
Ben Harris Vice President and Director - Economic Studies -
How can we manage the energy demands of AI?
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How can AI be used to solve climate change?
Snow Family Business Professor - Duke University, Fuqua School of BusinessDirector, Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies - U.S. Department of EnergyCEO and Co-founder - ClimateAiModerator
Sanjay Patnaik Director - Center on Regulation and Markets, Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies -
Closing remarks
Mark Burgess & Lisa Benson-Burgess Distinguished Professor - Duke University, Fuqua School of Business
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