Recently, the United Nations released a report proposing that the organization take more proactive measures in the monitoring and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The report emphasizes that as AI technology develops and is applied more widely, its potential impacts and risks are becoming increasingly evident. Therefore, the UN believes that greater attention needs to be paid to the governance of AI, viewing it as an urgent global issue akin to climate change. Image source note: The image was generated by AI and is provided by the image licensing service provider Midjourney in recent years.

In the continuous development of the AI field, people are beginning to worry about the impact of AI on Earth, particularly its high energy consumption and carbon emissions. The latest research shows that generative AI queries consume much more energy than traditional search engine requests, up to four to five times the energy of traditional operations. Especially, the energy required for image generation tasks is much higher than that of text-based operations. According to research by Morgan Sta

IBM and NASA are collaborating to develop geospatial AI to combat climate change. The partnership aims to create multimodal foundation models for weather prediction, heat island effect analysis, mapping, and predicting extreme weather events. IBM plans to open-source the model to promote research and scientific discoveries globally. This foundation model is expected to accelerate scientific discoveries and provide researchers with rapid solutions to contribute to a safer and healthier planet.

Weather forecasting and energy conservation are the roles of artificial intelligence in climate change. Companies like Google, NVIDIA, IBM, and Huawei are noteworthy in the field of climate change. Artificial intelligence can accelerate innovative solutions to address the impacts of climate change.