Compute for Climate Fellowship: Water Innovation and AI

The Compute for Climate Fellowship event at COP 29 will spotlight pioneering AI solutions for water resilience, featuring startups like Coastal Carbon, Xatoms, and Cosma, alongside the EU-backed RAIDO project. Showcasing Slovenia’s collaborative efforts, this event highlights how AI and cloud computing drive real change in climate action through water innovation.

The Compute for Climate Fellowship event at COP 29 will showcase groundbreaking AI-driven solutions for water developed by the Fellowship winners to combat climate change. The three startups – Coastal Carbon, Xatoms, and Cosma are pioneers in their own right, leveraging technology to combat climate challenges with water-related technologies. From enhancing underwater vegetation growth measurement, and energy fusion, to developing drought-resilient crops, their projects embody innovation and hope. At the same time, it will present the efforts of the European Commission-funded project RAIDO in the space of energy-efficient and green AI. In this way, the event will showcase the efforts of Slovenia in combining industrial and research partnerships to create tangible results and promote the achievement of real changes in the space of water action and AI. This event aims to highlight the innovative potential of AI and cloud computing in addressing environmental challenges and fostering collaboration between AI researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, and climate activists. Attendees will gain insights into the latest advancements in AI for climate.

Programme:

Presentation of Fellowship (30 min):
- Davor Orlic, Chief Operation Officer, IRCAI
- Lisbeth Kaufman, AWS Head of Climate Tech – Startups & Venture Capital
Presentations by Fellowship Winners (30 min):
- Kelly Zhang, CEO at Coastal Carbon
- Diana Virgovicova, CEO at Xatoms
- Quentin Chenevier, CDO at Cosma

Partners:

International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) under the auspices of UNESCO: Leading the initiative, providing expertise in AI research and its applications for sustainable development, especially its research project RAIDO (Reliable AI and Data Optimization, an integrated platform for Green and Energy-efficient data).
Amazon Web Services (AWS): Providing the technical infrastructure and support for the Fellowship projects, showcasing cloud computing capabilities for climate action, and specifically water action.
Coastal Carbon an AI-driven measurement platform that builds models using satellite imagery to track and measure underwater vegetation growth and carbon sequestration. The Compute for Climate-funded POC will train satellite-agnostic foundation models of earth and sea that can identify and quantify ocean blue carbon. This will help increase transparency and trust in ocean carbon removal, facilitating up to 1,000 times increase in ocean monitoring and data collection capacity, which was previously done manually by divers.
Xatoms, is a water treatment startup using AI and quantum computing to discover molecules that can purify polluted water. Xatom’s Compute for Climate-funded POC to develop a new AI algorithm capable of analyzing a large amount of chemical data, followed by simulations of novel molecules that can purify water.
Cosma focuses on mapping the seabed using underwater microdrones. Their work aims to study ecosystems and biodiversity in marine environments. This research aids in understanding underwater ecosystems better and supports efforts in ocean conservation and environmental sustainability.

Interactive Sessions:

Discussion: Facilitated discussion allowing attendees to engage directly with the Fellowship winners and explore potential collaborations.
Networking: This opportunity for participants to network and discuss AI-driven climate solutions with peers and experts.