Good policies are grounded in evidence and effective rules are a core part of solving climate change. Decision makers need to be able to find and make sense of existing evidence, to create the foundations for meaningful, impactful action on climate. However, data about laws, policy and international agreements - and which ones work - is sparse, siloed and not readily available.

In this conversation Dr Michal Nachmany will talk with Dr Aurélien Saussay about the work of her team which seeks to use Machine Learning and Generative AI to clean and organise climate legislation data across geographies and jurisdictions. Michal will describe how their approach combines human intelligence with artificial intelligence and is rooted in a commitment to justice. Aurélien will discuss his empirical work to estimate the impacts of climate change mitigation on economic agents in order to help improve the design of decarbonisation policies.

This event is a collaboration between the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the LSE Data Science Institute.

You do not need any prior knowledge of AI to enjoy this event.

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Speakers

Dr Michal Nachmany is the Founder and CEO of Climate Policy Radar. She is an international expert in climate policy and governance with a background in law and finance. She advises the UN-led Initiative on Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) and is a Fellow of the UNFCCC Resilience Frontiers. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she spent a decade leading efforts to develop evidence-based decision-support tools for national legislation and for responsible investment.

Dr Aurélien Saussay is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in the Grantham Research Institute at The London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the interaction between economic inequality and climate change mitigation policies, in order to address the social and political acceptance challenges that hamper the implementation of effective decarbonisation. He currently holds a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2022-2025). 

King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

This event is part of the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence. Running from Tuesday 20 May to Saturday 24 May, the free, five-day festival brings together a diverse line-up of experts to consider critical questions about artificial intelligence in the context of healthcare, education, sustainability, policy, and creativity.

If you are interested in this event, you may also want to join us for:

• Will AI Make Geoengineering a Viable Response to Climate Change?
• Building Awareness Towards Greener AI
• AI and Sustainability in Business: Balancing Opportunity and Risk
• AI for Market-Based Finance for Net Zero

Festival events will take place across several King’s venues, so please check carefully where the event is taking place. Festival event times may be subject to change. Any changes will be communicated to attendees via Eventbrite emails.

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