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Countries or organizations involved in the debate:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany,
Google, GreenPeace, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israël, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, WWF

Countries of origin of the students:

France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom,
USA

OUTCOME

“Cooperation between governments and private companies”

The UNEP committee was made up of 70 delegates representing 35 delegations. The first issue

involved defining the role of AI in predicting, mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate
change. How can we harness accelerated innovation in the AI sector to address issues related
to accelerated global climate change? In resolutions addressing this issue, delegates
emphasized cooperation between governments and private companies responsible for AI

development, to ensure that the necessary technologies are put to use to solve climate-related
problems as quickly as possible. Cooperation among countries was also discussed, to aid the
most vulnerable countries with the least access to new technologies in acquiring this asset for

the future of their populations.

The second issue related to ICTs and their possible use as tools for raising environmental

awareness and encouraging sustainable decision-making. Many ideas were discussed, such
as global assistance to develop ICTs around the world to reach as many people as possible.
Cooperation between countries, NGOs and transnational firms to act globally was also

discussed. The sustainability of the energy resources used to power ICTs was also a major topic
of debate among delegates.

In both cases, the most controversial ideas were those concerning the sharing of research
between countries and companies, and any proposals to force large digital companies to act
in particular areas, such as the prediction of large-scale weather phenomena. Nevertheless,

consensus was reached and many innovative ideas are reflected in the resolutions adopted
by the Committee.

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