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In this video, green technologist Charlotte Degot describes the difficulties in measuring total greenhouse gas emissions for corporations and the opportunities in using artificial intelligence to better calculate these emissions.
It discusses that with more accurate emissions measurements (that take into account supply chains and all sources), companies will be able to create more attainable goals for reduction and better monitor their progress towards these goals.
The video uses charts, which will help students understand the complex real-world examples.
The speaker is optimistic about the impacts of AI technology, while also realistically maintaining the need for additional solutions beyond this.
Additional Prerequisites
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Students should know what artificial intelligence is and how it is used.
Differentiation
There are subtitles and a transcript available in nine different languages.
This could be used in science courses while learning about climate change solutions or technological innovation.
Technology or engineering courses could use this video to discuss artificial intelligence uses and the role of technology in real-world problem solving.
To illustrate how difficult emissions calculations can be, teachers could challenge students to quantify the emissions of their school day taking into account various factors like transportation, electricity, food production, etc.
Cross-curricular connections can be made with economics classes by discussing the financial benefits or drawbacks for companies to utilize AI technology in emissions tracking.
