As climate scientists and advocates scramble to find ways to turn the environmental tide for the better, Google DeepMind Climate Action Lead Sims Witherspoon believes the answer could be found in artificial intelligence—by starting with the question.

“I approach climate change as a scientific challenge,” Witherspoon said from the stage at the annual Wired Impact Conference in London, focused on sustainability and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). “I’m also a techno-optimist and an artificial intelligence product manager, so I can also approach it as a technological one.

“The first thing we do as scientists is we try to understand the problems we face,” she proposed. “Problem definition is where we start when we begin to come up with a solution.”

Earlier this year, Google merged its Brain and Deepmind AI teams under a single banner called Google DeepMind.

Witherspoon proposed a three-step plan for addressing climate change using AI called the “Understand, Optimize, Accelerate” framework. First, speak with the people experiencing the problem—in this case, climate change. Next, determine if AI applies to the problem and, if so, find an AI solution. Finally, focus on a path to deployment

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