AI Climate Adaptation Initiatives

Global digital bank and flexible payments provider Klarna launched the AI for Climate Resilience Program to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in tackling the local effects of climate change in vulnerable regions around the world. “AI has transformed how people make financial decisions, and we believe it can do the same for climate adaptation,” said David Sandström, CMO at Klarna. “Through this program, we’re empowering innovators to interpret complex environmental data and turn it into locally relevant solutions for challenges like food and water security, public health, and disaster preparedness.”

One of the projects that will be supported through the program is Acres of Ice, which employs AI to turn excess winter water into man-made glaciers so that mountain farmers can upkeep irrigation as the climate warms.