Türkiye Launches AI Initiative Ahead of COP31 Climate Summit
- On Monday, COP31 President-Designate Murat Kurum announced that Turkey will address "growing fears over the rise of AI" at the upcoming summit in Antalya, pushing tech companies to power data centers with clean energy.
- In an unusual arrangement this year, Australia is presiding over political negotiations while Turkey hosts and designs the sideline agenda. Kurum stated, "We must openly discuss AI's growing energy consumption and it is time for governments to start setting the terms."
- Turkey launched the "Antalya Pledge" with the United Nations to align AI infrastructure with climate goals, while the "35x35" initiative aims to increase electricity's share of final energy consumption to 35% by 2035.
- Dedicating a COP day to technology, Turkey will launch "a portfolio of AI-enabled clean-technology pilots" connecting developers, industry partners, and investors to support electrification across buildings, transport, and industry.
- The voluntary pledge does not require approval from the nearly 200 nations at the summit, encouraging support for the "action agenda" ahead of COP31 in Antalya this November.
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We need to openly discuss the increasing energy consumption of AI, stressed the Turkish Minister of Environment and chairman of the session
<p>How to align AI development and global climate goals - Turkey proposed an important agreement ahead of the COP31 summit Turkey initiated an agreement to align AI development with climate goals. It is also proposed to increase the share of electricity up to 35% by 2035.</p>
Türkiye launches AI initiative ahead of COP31 climate summit
NEW YORK: Türkiye, which will host the COP31 climate summit in Antalya in November, launched a push on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Monday (Sep 21) to address AI's skyrocketing energy demand through a political pledge that countries would adopt to align their AI infrastructure build-out
COP31 host says AI's climate footprint to be a summit priority
The annual UN climate conference is taking place in Antalya, where the hosts are asking countries to support initiatives to tackle emissions from waste, climate-proofing cities and boosting electrification. On Monday, COP31 President and Turkish Climate Minister Murat Kurum announced that the summit would also address "growing fears over the rise of AI" and its carbon footprint. "COP31 will meet this moment," Kurum said in a statement in New Yor…
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