AI for Climate Action

This presentation was given by Alejandro Coca-Castro, Research Fellow in Environment & Sustainability at The Alan Turing Institute, to the MSc module AI for Sustainable Development (COMP0173) at University College London (UCL) in November 21, 2024. Outline: About me Context AI for Weather History Forecast types Progress, limitations and next steps in Medium Range Weather Forecasting Example of AI for Sea-Ice Forecasting (prepared by Bryn Ubald AI for Weather in Action Opportunity to Reform Early Warning System Challenges Reuse and Governance Environmental Impac Digital Divide Getting Started Resources: BLOG POST Inside The Forecast Factory: how AI is set to revolutioniseweather forecasting: https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/simcenter/how-ai-is-set-to-revolutionise-weather-forecasting/ Met Office. History of numerical weather prediction. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/how-forecasts-are-made/computer-models/history-of-numerical-weather-prediction TALKS Professor Richard Turner, The Quiet AI Revolution in Weather Forecasting, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGn18WH0d6s Scott Hosking, Climate Science Challenges and Opportunities for ML, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO7lRleEJBs TECHNICAL PAPER UNFCC. AI for Climate Action. https://unfccc.int/ttclear/misc_/StaticFiles/gnwoerk_static/tn_meetings/0ec396b0ba7b4d0d853b77c7b83dc172/3ebbf2e8e7834a7f873b0ae9a86262f7.pdf