Maximizing Voluntary Climate Impact with Satellites and AI
Satellite imagery, remote sensing, and AI are enabling smarter prioritization of easy, voluntary climate actions. From strategically siting renewables to push coal off the grid, to granular supply chain data enabling manufacturers to buy cleaner steel and aluminum, to protecting our most important forests, these proven high leverage “e-brake” solutions are market-ready and actionable even in the face of the Trump administration’s rollback of climate policy. Regardless of who sits in the White House, there are many examples of straightforward solutions the private sector can implement now that would make up that emissions difference.
Join this interactive conversation with Twin Cities climate leaders applying big data, satellite imagery, remote sensing, and AI to prioritize the most impactful voluntary actions and fill the gap vacated by U.S. federal action. Learn how satellite imagery and remote sensing are making it impossible to hide the worst sources of global pollution and how voluntary climate action can target the most effective solutions to clean them up or turn them off. This interactive discussion will inspire practitioners with practical, data-driven tools to inform climate strategy and catalyze high impact action.
Panelists:
Jonathan Foley, Ph.D (Project Drawdown)
Holly Lahd (Watt & Ton)
Dr. Timothy Smith (University of Minnesota and TASA Analytics)
David Younan-Montgomery (WattTime and Climate TRACE)
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