From AI to climate modeling to economic impacts: connecting the dots

Session ID#: 281438

Session Description:
This session focuses on rigorously integrating AI, climate science, and economic modeling to assess the costs and benefits of climate action, ultimately to help unlock and accelerate climate finance. The core hypothesis is that AI, climate and economic modeling together can generate better economic estimates of climate action, enabling financial markets to price-in risk and unlock investment. For instance, AI can be used for improved forecasts of climate-induced storm surges, assess storm adaptation measures like mangrove plantation, and economic models to quantify resulting benefits to local economies. Similar examples abound for areas like food security and energy sufficiency. While AI has advanced significantly in weather and climate modeling and predictive economics, a clear gap remains in connecting AI outcomes to tangible economic impacts. This session bridges these fields by welcoming abstracts and promoting cross-community dialogue among the AI, climate science, and economics communities.
Index Terms:

3305 Climate change and variability [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
6304 Benefit-cost analysis [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
Primary Convener:  Aditi Sheshadri, Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  Ravi Jain, Google X, Mountain View, United States and Bertrand Delorme, Google X, Mountain View, United States
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