AI has proven to be a powerful ally in the battle against climate change, helping decipher complex climate data and predict future changes.

Helping Clean Up the Ocean

Aiming to clean up 90% of floating ocean plastic pollution by 2040, ‘The Ocean Cleanup’ is a Dutch NGO developing and scaling technologies to rid our oceans and rivers of plastic waste.

The organization’s research team developed an AI object detection software, which is used in combination with automated time-lapse image series along GPS-tagged transects. thus creating a remote sensing approach to map the dynamic behavior of floating ocean plastic.

Object-detecting AI is utilized to create detailed maps of ocean litter, i.e. plastic densities, in remote locations. The detected ocean waste is then targeted and extracted for monitoring and processing, proving more cost, time and energy effective.

Predicting Climate Patterns in Africa

The IKI Project uses AI technology to help communities vulnerable to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa, namely Burundi, Chad and the Sudan. By predicting weather patterns, it allows local communities and authorities to better plan adaptation measures to climate change and mitigate potential adverse impacts.

This initiative contributes to the implementation of adaptive solutions and aims to improve clean energy access, water and sanitation, waste management and reforestation efforts.