Institute for Governance, Policies and Politics’ Post

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How do you perceive the role of AI and its potential in addressing the multifaceted problems posed by climate change? I am deeply convinced that we have to use this emerging technology in solving many of our sustainability problems. For example, Google is doing route optimization. Whenever we are in a route or in an Uber car, we always see the navigation. No, it's so helpful and so nice to go anywhere in the world and not only Indian cities, but now with AI. The optimization earlier used to be on the shortest time. Now it is on the. Least emission of carbon dioxide and other warming gases. So this is an important point that if you are switching off, not switching off. So even if you have stopped at traffic lights and the distance is short, then it will optimize your route in another way. So that is certainly a good addition. And other and last example that I will give that is using AI is about. Solid waste management. Many AI embedded solutions are coming in that are converting organic waste into neutral waste that is being converted into electricity and some are using in this year and this year's Times 100 Best Inventions in 2024. It mentions about one SpaceX technology that uses AI to look at the waste that we are throwing in our kitchen basket every day. And it will kind of use the rocket engine to convert it into usable green, where I think these are extreme things that are very, very relevant for whoever is concerned about climate change and sustainability.