{"id":1213,"date":"2025-09-29T12:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/?page_id=1213"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:01:44","slug":"ai-and-big-data-for-a-just-energy-transition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/events\/cop30\/ai-and-big-data-for-a-just-energy-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring What Matters – Balancing AI Innovation, Impact, and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Time: 11 November, 9:00-10:00
Venue: UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub (UGIH) – Tapaj\u00f3s <\/h3>\n

\n Artificial Intelligence offers significant gains in efficiency, but its own environmental price tag – compute-hungry models, energy-and water-intensive data centres, and the material footprint of hardware production – must be measured before it can be managed to ensure AI contributes positively to climate and resource-efficiency goals. This session showcased the finalist solutions from the\u202fAI Environmental Footprint Measurement Hackathon, and highlighted innovative tools and frameworks for tracking carbon, energy, and resource impacts across AI lifecycles.\u00a0

Building on ITU\u2019s \u202fAI for Good and Green Digital Action\u202finitiatives, this panel brought together global experts to discuss standards, metrics, and industry practices that can guide greener innovation. The discussion emphasized collaboration between governments, academia, and industry toward sustainable digital infrastructures and environmental accountability.\u00a0

Objectives<\/strong>\u00a0
This session:<\/strong>\u00a0
1) showcased\u00a0the finalist solutions from the\u202fAI Environmental Footprint Measurement Hackathon;
2) highlighted innovative tools and frameworks for tracking carbon, energy, and resource impacts across AI lifecycles;
3) discussed how collaboration between governments, academia, and industry can advance sustainable digital infrastructures and strengthen environmental accountability.\u00a0
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Target audience<\/strong>\u00a0
This Side Event was open to all.\u202f\u00a0
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\u00a0Agenda:<\/strong>
Opening remarks<\/strong>: Seizo Onoe, <\/strong>Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau <\/strong>\u202f\u00a0

Hackathon Winners Showcase: AI Environmental Footprint Measurement Hackathon<\/strong>\u00a0
This segment highlighted the outcomes of the AI Environmental Footprint Measurement Hackathon, featuring the three winning teams presenting their innovative solutions to measure and reduce AI\u2019s environmental impact. The showcase also announced an upcoming report summarizing key findings and policy recommendations from the hackathon.\u00a0

Host\/Moderator: <\/em>Alayna Van Dervort (OptiCloud)

Speakers:<\/em>
Thomas Basikolo, ITU
Vishal Jain, GreenMind
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AI Environmental Footprint Measurement Hackathon<\/em>.
Recognition of 3 winning teams:
Winning team showcase their solution
Announcement of a report to be published post-event with summaries and policy recommendations.

Expert Panel: Measuring and Managing AI\u2019s Environmental Footprint \u2013 Standards, Tools, and Collaboration for Sustainable Innovation<\/strong>\u00a0
This panel explored emerging tools, metrics, and standards to measure AI\u2019s environmental footprint. It highlighted ongoing standardization work, collaboration with international organizations, and partnerships between governments, industry, and academia to advance sustainable and accountable digital infrastructures.\u00a0
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Moderator<\/em>:\u00a0 Jean Manuel Canet (Orange)
Panellists:\u00a0<\/em>
Paolo Gemma, Standards Lead, Huawei\u00a0\u00a0
Guilherme Canela de Souza, Director, Division for Digital Inclusion & Policies and Digital Transformation, UNESCO\u00a0
Adam Elman, Director of Sustainability, Google\u00a0
Rob McGreevy, Chief Product Officer, AVEVA \u00a0
Vishal Jain, GreenMind

Questions & Answers<\/strong>\u00a0

Closing remarks<\/strong>
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