The AI Sustainability Paradox: Accelerator or Liability?

🌐 Language: English

♿ Wheel-chair accessible

💶 Event free of charge

🎟️ Hosted by: Accenture

As AI scales, the decisions shaping its environmental and social footprint are being made without sustainability expertise in the room. This session makes the case for why that has to change: sustainability professionals belong in AI governance bodies, not as observers but as co-decision-makers on compute scale, vendor accountability, and responsible deployment. We examine both directions of the paradox: how to build and scale AI sustainably and responsibly, and how to use AI as a genuine accelerator for climate and ESG outcomes.

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