# AI and the Environment

AI needs huge amounts of energy and water to train; data centres and their environmental cost; but AI can also help — predicting weather, monitoring deforestation, optimising energy; trade-offs

Builds on: Designing Fair AI Rules (soft, https://ai.page/c/designing-fair-ai-rules/en.md), Climate Change Basics (soft, https://ai.page/c/climate-change-basics/en.md), Machine Learning Basics (hard, https://ai.page/c/machine-learning-basics/en.md)

Concept id: ai-and-the-environment. Subject: computing. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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