United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

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The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change. 

Description of Activities on AI

Project 1: UNFCCC Technology Mechanism Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for
Climate Action

The UNFCCC Technology Mechanism Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action (#AI4ClimateAction) aims to explore the role of AI as a powerful technological tool for advancing and scaling up transformative climate solutions for mitigation and adaptation action in developing countries with a focus on least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), while also addressing the challenges and risks posed by artificial intelligence. In 2023, the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC requested the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) to implement the initiative with special attention to capacity needs and technology priorities of developing countries and in support of the Technology Mechanism joint work programme for 2023–2027; 

Project 2: AI Innovation Grand Challenge

The UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC) launched the AI Innovation Grand Challenge in partnership with Enterprise Neurosystem during a High-level Event on Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai in December 2023. The AI Innovation Grand Challenge is a climate innovation competition to identify new AI applications for climate mitigation and adaptation action in developing countries and to make them available open-source as a public good. 

Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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