The Global Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence: Consequences for Climate Change

AI is advancing technologies and research to address climate change. Yet, as Peter Dauvergne will explore, understanding its full consequences requires an analysis of how AI is diffusing through the global political economy – what he calls “AI in the wild.”

BIO

Peter Dauvergne is a professor of international relations at the University of British Columbia. His books include Identified, Tracked, and Profiled: The Politics of Resisting Facial Recognition Technology (2022), AI in the Wild: Sustainability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2020), Will Big Business Destroy Our Planet? (2018), and Environmentalism of the Rich (2016).