Net Benefit AI: Scaling Solutions, Opening Opportunities (Defining the responsible role for AI in the energy transition)
The focus of this Climate Action Coalition report is therefore how a narrative can be shaped, and frame that future pathway, that will ensure that communities and countries across the world will make the same choice, towards a recognition that AI must play a crucial role not merely in the climate conversation, but as an emerging crucial weapon in the fight against climate change, as well as a key tool in the adoption at pace of the energy transition. AI is the future: let us ensure that this future is one which works for people and planet, for the benefit of all.
The AI Revolution is transforming our world. Already, the application of its computing power is changing the way we work and do business, presenting new opportunities to rethink the very processes and patterns of our existence. The adoption of AI and its rapid scaling seem at this moment to be exponential. It is an industrial revolution to the nth degree.
That this transformation is happening is undeniable. There is no turning back on the road ahead. Yet we will face future forks in the road, that present choices which will define not only our present generation, but the welfare of future generations ahead. Will we ensure that AI transforms our world for the better, or will we allow our world to be transformed by AI for the worse? Of course, the challenges faced and decisions we make apply to many aspects of AI, its ethical application and responsible use. For this Climate Action Coalition report, we will focus our attention on the leadership required to ensure that AI is a positive force for good in our world, present and future. AI can be used to reduce emissions in a world that needs urgently to bend the emissions curve downwards if we are to meet temperature goals set by the Paris Agreement for the end of the century. AI must be part of the solution, not part of the problem.