[#AI 💻 #Sustainability 🌱] Yesterday, October 10, UNESCO hosted an event on the environmental impacts of #AI together with Ecolab - Greentech Innovation of the #CGDD.
📈 With a skyrocketing energy consumption ⚡and environmental impacts all along its lifecycle ♻️, AI poses risks on our path to a sustainable future.
🌍 At the same time, AI is an important tool to push for the sustainable transition of our societies.
🔎 The General Commission for Sustainable Development (CGDD - Commissariat général au développement durable) in cooperation with Groupe AFNOR was the first to publish a framework on the environmental impacts of AI earlier this year, with a calculation methodology and good practices. But we will certainly not be the last, as actors worldwide are working on the same vital issue.
🤝To truly understand and mitigate the environmental impacts of AI, we need to avoid contradictory standards and build cooperation between key actors.
Our event brought together experts from international organisations, companies, public institutions, and research to tackle this pressing issue.
🎤 With their speeches, Gabriela Ramos, Amélie Coantic, Anne Bouverot, Enrico Panai and Heather Benko opened an evening that was full of insightful conversations and ground-breaking first steps towards greener AI.
🙏🏼 We want to thank Irakli Khodeli, Camilo Sarmiento Lozano, PhD, Enrico Panai and Rosanna Fanni for their tireless work in making this event happen in collaboration with the Ecolab team, as well as the team of the #AIActionSummit for their support.
🗨️ We also thank all the participants for their engagement and their valuable contributions.
📢 Following our kick-off event yesterday, experts will meet again on October 14 for a technical workshop as well as for additional workshops in the coming month, with the aim of presenting a common roadmap at the #AIActionSummit taking place in Paris next year.
🟢 Let’s push together for #SustainableAI
💡 Ecolab of the CGDD continues to push for a sustainable future in all sectors, bringing together public and private actors in search of innovative solutions for the ecological transition.
📅 If you are as enthusiastic about sustainable development as us, do not miss the Meet’Up Greentech 2024 taking place on October 15 and 16 in Paris. You can register for free following this link: https://lnkd.in/d3FN_7_9
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