AI and the Environment -International Standards for AI and the Environment

International standards provide the guidelines and benchmarks needed to measure and improve the environmental impact of AI. Codifying established best practices, standards help mitigate risks such as high energy consumption and lifecycle emissions. They also provide measurement methodologies to assess GHG emissions and energy consumption, and thereby identify the actions needed to improve. This report explores the environmental implications of AI and presents a summary of relevant standards available and under development.