TomorrowNow moderated a discussion panel focused on the power of AI to help decision makers and last mile communities adapt to climate change.
Nairobi, Kenya – We were THRILLED to connect with so many climate innovators attending the Kenya Space Expo & Conference 2024 held in Nairobi by Kenya Space Agency to bring together representatives from government, academia, industry, professionals, international organizations, start-ups and the wider public to a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the use of space applications in addressing societal needs.
TomorrowNow’s Regional Programme Coordinator Ronald Dianga moderated a panel discussion focused on the opportunity to incorporate Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Earth Observation applications for agriculture leading to community-level food security & climate resilience
Panelists:
- Dr. Girmaw Abebe Tadesse (Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab)
- Alex Fortescue (Maxar)
- Monica Nthiga (HOTOSM)
- Prakhar Rathi(SatSure Analytics India)
- Titus Kiragu (Star.Vision)
A common message that was articulated by the panelists, as well as other speakers throughout the event, was that stakeholders must identify pathways of working together to address the current technology pain points of affordability & accessibility of earth observation data & its corresponding tools to better accelerate solutions for solving societal problems such as food insecurity.
At TomorrowNow.org, we believe that multi stakeholder partnerships are the key to operationalizing ML & AI-powered weather & climate solutions. We hope that our upcoming Global Access Platform (GAP) will play a major part in engaging partners and unlocking access to analysis-ready localized weather & climate data for farmer-facing applications. Together, we will localize solutions and drive prosperity at the community-level.
