# How can AI help address climate change and environmental issues?

_Last updated: 2026-07-20_  
_Reviewed by: Jason Burns, Editorial Steward_  
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## Short answer

AI can help address climate change by optimizing energy grids, forecasting renewable output, modeling climate systems, monitoring deforestation and emissions from satellite data, discovering new materials for batteries and carbon capture, and reducing waste in industrial processes. As International Energy Agency (IEA), put it on the record: "Electricity consumption from data centres, artificial intelligence and the cryptocurrency sector could double by 2026."

## Sources

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