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IBM boss says Generative AI can help Nigeria’s fight against climate change

by admineconai November 28, 2023
written by admineconai November 28, 2023
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General Manager for IBM Africa Growth Markets, Julia Carvalho has said that Generative artificial intelligence has the potential to help Nigeria’s fight against climate change.

Carvalho, who spoke yesterday, at an event, noted that data was a key component of the fight against climate change, but lamented the challenges with accessing data in Nigeria, which had hindered the country’s ability to effectively prepare against the effects of climate change such as flooding.

‘’Data unavailability, storage, and reliability ensure that research, analysis, forecast, and economic predictions over a specific area of interest become a daunting task,’’ she was quoted as saying.

Carvalho said, “Fortunately, advances in generative artificial intelligence have the potential to make a difference. Its ability to employ machine learning algorithms and its capacity to automate data processing – at speed and scale – offers the prospect of humanity getting better insights into the climate challenge, helping to ensure we make better-informed decisions.”

According to her, Nigeria was witnessing a troubling frequency of climate-change-related disasters with 662 deaths, 3,174 injuries, 2.5 million displacements, and 200,000 homes destroyed by flooding recorded in 2022 alone.

Read also: Leaders demand $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage

Expanding on how generative AI will help the country, she said, “Generative AI is a hugely transformative technology that has the potential to raise humanity’s game against climate change, while at the same time enhancing productivity, sustainably and securely.

“The insights it’s already beginning to deliver are helping shape environmental policies, supported by robust data analytics. Organisations are also starting to reap the benefits and better understand their operations, identify decarbonisation opportunities, and in the process create a robust roadmap to net zero.”

She maintained that obstacles, such as unstructured or siloed data, complex regulations, and stringent net zero obligations could all be addressed with generative AI.

She, however, noted that to ensure the creation of robust and trustworthy AI tools it was essential for businesses, governments, and regulators to work with technology partners with a proven track record of developing and implementing scalable generative AI systems.

Story was adapted from Punch.

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