From Power-Hungry to Purposeful: Rethinking AI for a Sustainable Digital Future


The Guildhall September 3, 2025 4:40 pm - 4:55 pm

Leona Verdadero

As generative AI scales, so does its environmental footprint, posing urgent challenges for equity, accessibility, and sustainability. In this talk, UNESCO shares insights from its latest report on energy-efficient AI, revealing how small design choices can reduce resource use by up to 90 percent. Discover why “smarter, smaller, stronger” AI matters, and how we’re turning research into action through green AI playbooks, open-source pilots, and national innovation labs built for low-resource contexts.

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