AI for Climate Action: From Data to Impact
Organized by Climate Change AI and Google DeepMind
Monday, September 23 from 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we act on climate change, across areas as diverse as energy, agriculture, biodiversity, and disaster response. However, fully realizing the potential of AI for climate action requires addressing critical gaps in data, capacity, and coordination. Join us to hear from innovators who are impactfully leveraging AI for climate action and from leaders in the space on what is needed to enable such work responsibly at scale. We will also discuss Climate Change AI and Google DeepMind’s work on assessing critical data gaps in the AI-for-climate space.
Monday, September 23
Glasshouse Chelsea at 545 W 25th Street, Floor 21, New York, NY 10001
Hosted by Climate Change AI and Google DeepMind
Agenda Overview
Monday, September 23 from 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
2:30-2:45 PM: Arrivals and light refreshments
2:45-4:15 PM: Main program
Welcome and overview
Talk: AI for Climate Action: Patterns, predictions and possibilities - Anna Koivuniemi (Google DeepMind)
Project presentations from CCAI Innovation Grantees
Detecting Flooding in Fiji's Croplands - John Duncan (University of Western Australia)
Mitigating Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity via Machine Learning Powered Assessment - Scott Loarie (iNaturalist)
From Observing Power to Improving Power: Loss Localization in the Distribution Grid through Topology - June Lukuyu (University of Washington)
Talk: Addressing gaps in data, capacity, and coordination - Priya Donti (Climate Change AI)
Panel discussion: How can we foster collaboration and enable on-the-ground impact? - Peter Battaglia (Google DeepMind), John Duncan, Scott Loarie, Genevieve Flaspohler (Rhiza Research), Priya Donti, Uyi Stewart (data.org)
4:15-5:00 PM: Networking with light refreshments
About the Organizers
Climate Change AI (CCAI) is a nonprofit that 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. Since 2019, CCAI has inspired, informed, and connected thousands of stakeholders across the academic, private, and public sectors through networking and knowledge-sharing events, summer schools and other educational programs, international policy reports, and multi-million dollar global grants programs.
Google DeepMind is is a world-leading AI research lab with British heritage and an international team, committed to building AI responsibly, delivering scientific breakthroughs across impact areas including climate change, and creating products that improve billions of lives. The unit’s breakthroughs over the last decade include AlphaGo - the first computer program to defeat a Go world champion, AlphaFold - an AI system that predicts 3D models of protein structures enabling further scientific advancement, GraphCast- an AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecasting, and Gemini, a family of versatile AI models built from the ground up for multimodality, seamlessly combining and understanding text, code, images, audio and video.
FAQ
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No, this event is provided free of charge.
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All event attendees should register using the “RSVP” button on this page. As there is a max capacity at the venue, only registered and confirmed attendees are guaranteed a spot at the event. Walk-ins will be accepted if there is remaining space at the venue.
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23rd Street Station (C, E lines) with walking distance 5-7 min.
28th Street Station (1 line) with walking distance 10-12 min.
34th Street Hudson-Yards Station (C, E lines) with walking distance 10-15 min.
14th Street Station (A, C, E, L lines) with walking distance 15-20 min.
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We encourage attendees to leverage public transit for this event. For those who are driving, there are several options for both street and garage parking near Glasshouse Chelsea:
iPark – 515 West 23rd Street Garage
Address: 515 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
Distance: Approximately a 5-minute walk
Features: Covered parking, valet service
Icon Parking – Chelsea 29 Parking LLC
Address: 555 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
Distance: Approximately a 3-minute walk
Features: Covered parking, 24/7 access
Edison ParkFast – 307 10th Ave
Address: 307 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001
Distance: Approximately a 7-minute walk
Features: Covered parking, self-park
MPG Parking – 333 West 23rd Street Garage
Address: 333 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
Distance: Approximately a 7-minute walk
Features: Covered parking, valet service
Icon Parking – 249 10th Ave Garage
Address: 249 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001
Distance: Approximately a 9-minute walk
Features: Covered parking, 24/7 access
Street Parking:
Street parking is available in the area but can be limited and subject to New York City's parking regulations and restrictions. Be sure to check signs for any restrictions or metered parking information.
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We plan to livestream the event. Please check back here closer to the event date for more details.
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Please contact event producer Bayley McDaniel at
if you are no longer able to attend. As the venue has a max capacity, we would greatly appreciate receiving your updated RSVP so that we can make your spot available to someone else if need be.
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Registered participants will receive emails with further details in the weeks leading up to the event.
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Check out this guide on AI & Data events at Climate Week NYC (by Climate Tech Cities and Streetlife Ventures), which highlights additional events that may be of interest. Please note that this list is not put together by Climate Change AI or Google DeepMind.
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Please contact event producer Bayley McDaniel at bayley@shiftalt.events with any questions you might have.