Climate AI Nordics

Climate AI Nordics

Nordic network for collaborations around tackling climate change using AI and machine learning.

Climate AI Nordics Newsletter, January 2025

Welcome to the Climate AI Nordics Newsletter January 2025.

Email us at contact@climateainordics.com to contribute your own relevant news! We will include news on our web page, climateainordics.com, and in our newsletter. Some announcements will also be communicated in social media. Take the chance of showcasing your work or your events to the community!

Since the launch in October, the network has grown to 103 people spread over the Nordic countries. Do you know researchers who works in the intersection of AI and Climate Change? Tell them about Climate AI Nordics! climateainordics.com/join.

News


New Partnerships

We are excited to share our partnership with CLIMES, the Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes, and with AfriClimate AI, a grassroots community dedicated to harnessing the power of AI for a sustainable, prosperous and climate-resilient Africa 🌍✨!
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More than 100 members and new Slack Workspace!

We are now 103 members in Climate AI Nordics! We welcome everyone and especially celebrate number 100: AdriĂ  Amell from Chalmers University of Technology! So fun to see the network grow and to connect with all you amazing people doing important work! Also, we now have a Slack Workspace. If you haven't yet joined, please do so by emailing contact@climateainordics.com!
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2025-01-27 The new Climate AI Nordics Featured Paper is “Deep learning-enhanced detection of road culverts in high-resolution digital elevation models: Improving stream network accuracy in Sweden” by William Lidberg. In this work, Lidberg combines LiDAR data and aerial imagery with deep learning to detect 87 % of all road culverts in Sweden. These culverts are in turn used to increase the accuracy of maps featuring small watercourses.
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Coming events


Leveraging AI for Large-Scale Acoustic Biodiversity Monitoring: Insights from TABMON

This event takes place 2025-02-06. Webinar with Benjamin Cretois, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. Advancing biodiversity monitoring is crucial for meeting the EU Biodiversity Strategy targets and addressing gaps in current ecological assessments. However, collecting data to monitor the state of biodiversity is time and resource consuming. Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), in combination with AI tools offers an efficient alternative to conventional data collection practices. PAM is a non-invasive method that uses sound recorders to capture wildlife vocalizations and environmental sounds over time. It is particularly valuable for monitoring elusive or nocturnal species, such as birds, amphibians, and marine mammals, that are challenging to detect visually. The "Towards a Transnational Acoustic Biodiversity Monitoring Network" (TABMON) project is an initiative to establish a transnational passive acoustic monitoring monitoring network using autonomous acoustic sensors across four different European countries: Norway, Netherlands, France and Spain. TABMON’s objective is to demonstrate how acoustic sensing, coupled with cutting-edge AI, can complement traditional monitoring methods and support the development of methods to better monitor biodiversity. In this talk, we will also share our experiences with the deployment of acoustic recorders, data management strategies, and annotation protocols. These include managing large-scale, networked deployments across diverse landscapes, designing an efficient annotation workflow, and leveraging AI tools to process and analyze massive datasets.
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Nordic Workshop on AI for Climate Change

2025-05-13 The 2025 Nordic Workshop on AI for Climate Change is already turning out to be a success. 56 people have registered for the workshop, and we have a wonderful line-up of speakers, including the two keynote speakers Oisin Mac Aodha from University of Edinburgh and Christian Igel from University of Copenhagen. Topics will include remote sensing, biological monitoring, soundscape analysis, natural language processing, AI and geospatial approaches for deprived urban areas, and more. The first 65 participants register for free. Secure your seat today!
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Spread the word!

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Climate AI Nordics is a network of researchers dedicated to developing and utilizing AI technologies to address the urgent global challenge of climate change. Our researchers focus on creating and promoting AI solutions that support both climate change mitigation, reducing the severity of climate change, and adaptation, adjusting to the effects of climate change. We are already in a climate emergency which is causing biodiversity loss, extreme weather events, and human suffering, and this necessitates a multifaceted approach involving both policy change, limitations on activities contributing to climate change, and bolstering societal resilience against climate-related events.

Climate AI Nordics promotes the development of AI-based analytical tools and optimization techniques that can inform decision-making processes crucial for ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come. In particular, we recognize that technology, particularly AI-based solutions, can play a role in supporting efforts such as rewilding, rewetting, and reducing emissions and the reliance on fossil fuels.

By bringing together researchers in the Nordic countries, Climate AI Nordics aims to:

  • Foster collaboration and knowledge exchange through seminars and workshops.
  • Help develop AI-driven solutions that contribute to the creation of climate-friendly products and services, optimize processes for efficiency and sustainability, and promote justice in addressing the impacts of climate change.

We hope that the collaborative nature of Climate AI Nordics will accelerate progress in this critical field, enabling the sharing of expertise and resources to develop impactful AI solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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Tech-informed nature conservation - are we there yet?

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Webinar with Abdulhakim Abdi, Lund University. In the face of a global biodiversity crisis, the ability to efficiently monitor ecological change across space and time has never been more accessible. Advances in satellite remote sensing and AI have opened new frontiers for biodiversity monitoring by offering powerful tools to analyze vast datasets, automate species detection, and improve disturbance tracking. While these technologies hold great promise, their widespread adoption faces key challenges, including data accessibility, environmental costs, model interpretability, and the need for stronger interdisciplinary collaboration. This presentation explores the opportunities and limitations of tech-driven nature conservation, assessing whether current developments are sufficient to bridge critical knowledge gaps. The integration of remote sensing with AI brings us closer to a more data-informed approach to managing the living world - but are we truly ready to harness its full potential?

Featured Paper: Deep learning-enhanced detection of road culverts in high-resolution digital elevation models: Improving stream network accuracy in Sweden

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The new Climate AI Nordics Featured Paper is "Deep learning-enhanced detection of road culverts in high-resolution digital elevation models: Improving stream network accuracy in Sweden" by William Lidberg. In this work, Lidberg combines LiDAR data and aerial imagery with deep learning to detect 87 % of all road culverts in Sweden. These culverts are in turn used to increase the accuracy of maps featuring small watercourses.

Partnership between Climate AI Nordics and AfriClimate AI

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We are excited to have partnered with [AfriClimate AI](https://www.africlimate.ai/), a grassroots community dedicated to harnessing the power of AI for a sustainable, prosperous and climate-resilient Africa 🌍✨!