AI for climate and nature

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Project Overview

The twin climate and biodiversity crises are two of the world’s most complex challenges to tackle. This project aims to develop AI approaches for bringing together a wide range of datasets and accelerating the collation of information.

This work will provide up to date, relevant and robust information for researchers and decision-makers working on climate and biodiversity conservation – opening up the possibility for more targeted and effective solutions to some of our world’s most pressing climate and biodiversity challenges. 

This project is a collaboration between Cambridge Zero, Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Conservation Evidence, Institute for Computing for Climate Science, Conservation Research Institute, Centre for Landscape Regeneration, Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits and Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation.

Anil Madhavapeddy, AI-deas challenge co-lead, said: “Mitigating the impacts of climate change while maintaining and restoring biodiversity demands urgent, evidence-based action. We’re excited to bring together an interdisciplinary team across computer science, ecology, climate and conservation to use AI to empower decision-makers to equitably tackle the biggest challenge of our generation.”

Project contributors:

  • Alec Christie, Department of Zoology
  • Anil Madhavapeddy, Department of Computer Science & Technology, Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits
  • Chris Edsall, University Information Services 
  • David Coomes (DC),Department of Plant Sciences, CLR and Conservation Research Institute
  • Dominic Orchard, ICCS, Department of Computer Science and Technology
  • Elizabeth Allen, Cambridge Conservation Initiative
  • Emily Lines, Department of Geography, Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation 
  • Emily Shuckburgh, Department of Computer Science & Technology, Cambridge Zero, ICCS, the AI4ER CDT and co-Director of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration (CLR) 
  • Erik Mackie, Cambridge Zero
  • Harry Owen, Department of Geography 
  • Henry Moss, Institute for Computing for Climate Science (ICCS), Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
  • Lynn Dicks, Department of Zoology
  • Marla Fuchs, ICCS, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
  • Onkar Gulati, Department of Computer Science and Technology
  • Rebecca Smith, Department of Zoology
  • Rick Lewis, Department of Plant Sciences
  • Robert Rouse, Department of Computer Science and Technology 
  • Sadiq Jaffer, Department of Computer Science and Technology
  • Sam Reynolds, Department of Zoology
  • Silviu Petrovan, Department of Zoology
  • Srinivasan Keshav, Department of Computer Science and Technology 
  • William Sutherland, Department of Zoology 
  • Zeyu Cao, Department of Computer Science and Technology