TECH & AI
WHAT ARE THE MAIN APPLICATIONS OF AI IN SUSTAINABILITY ?
Mitigating wildfire risks : Power utilities are leveraging AI to help adapt field and asset management approaches to mitigate wildfire risks before they occur .
Optimising design for circularity : Real estate developers and city planners are leveraging AI and generational design to create dynamic digital twins to quickly model out hundreds of scenarios to optimise for financial return and reduced carbon footprints , concurrently .
Assessing climate and nature risks : Communities are leveraging AI and geospatial data to assess climate and nature risk and to design climate resilient infrastructure .
Methane monitoring and compliance : Energy companies and governments are starting to leverage AI and geospatial data to develop new approaches for monitoring methane emissions and enabling compliance with COP28 Global Methane Pledges .
Sustainability compliance : Companies that need to comply with the International Sustainability Standards Board ( ISSB ) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ( CSRD ) sustainability requirements are leveraging AI to help accelerate and de-risk compliance obligations .
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