AI Agency in Climate Emergency
is a daring and topical examination of how AI is evolving from a stand-alone solution to a crucial, integrated force in the fight against climate change. In a time of increasing inequality, dwindling forests, failing infrastructure, and rising oceans, it repositions AI as a new type of agent inside ecological, political, and social systems. The book's 20 chapters and six themes cover energy decarbonization, foresight, agriculture, ecological monitoring, green finance, carbon markets, civic involvement, and behavioural change. Its fundamental strength is AI's developing agency, which includes the ability to recognize patterns that are inaccessible to humans, adjust in real time, and close the knowledge-to-action gap.
Yet this is not technological determinism. It is about ethics, imagination, and governance. Justice, transparency, and solidarity-not speed-must guide AI in climate action. The book envisions AI that is inclusive, adaptive, accountable, and context-aware, offering a roadmap for scholars, professionals, and citizens in the urgent systemic shift ahead.
Chapter 1. Awakening the Machine Mind: AI as a Force for Planetary Response in Dealing with Our Collective Climate Emergency. Part I. AI for Climate Foresight: Monitoring, Prediction, and Rapid Response.- Chapter 2. Reimagining the Climate Lens: AI-Powered Modelling for a World in Flux.- Chapter 3. From Signal to Survival: AI-Driven Early Warning Systems for a Climate-Risk Era.- Chapter 4. Seconds Ahead: AI for Real-Time Disaster Response and Life-Saving Logistics.- Part II. AI-Driven Energy System Optimization and Decarbonization.- Chapter 5. The Intelligent Grid: AI at the Heart of a Flexible, Renewable Energy Future.- Chapter 6. Invisible Savings: AI for Energy Efficiency Across Built, Industrial, and Mobility Systems.- Chapter 7. Moving Clean: AI for Decarbonizing Transport and Electrifying Mobility Systems.- Part III. AI-Enhanced Urban Planning and Climate-Responsive Infrastructure.- Chapter 8. Living Models: Digital Twins for Climate-Responsive Urban Futures.- Chapter 9. Designing with Climate: AI for Climate-responsive Architecture, Urban Form, and Microclimate in a Warming World.- Chapter 10. The Vigilant City: AI for Predictive Maintenance and Climate-Resilient Infrastructure.- Part IV. AI for Climate-Smart Land Use and Agriculture.- Chapter 11. Farming with Foresight: AI for Precision Agriculture and Resource Efficiency.- Chapter 12. Carbon Sequestration Tracking: AI for Measuring the Invisible in Soil, Forests, and Landscapes.- Chapter 13. Eyes on the Forest: AI for Real-Time Deforestation Detection and Land Protection.- Part V. AI for Transparent Carbon Accounting and Climate Finance.- Chapter 14. Algorithms of Accountability: AI for Emissions Tracking in a Carbon-Constrained World.- Chapter 15. Intelligent Capital and Decoding Green: AI for Climate-Responsive Investment and Green Finance Revolution.- Chapter 16. Markets That Matter: AI for Carbon Credit Integrity and Climate-Aligned Trading.- Part VI. AI for Climate-Conscious Citizenship and Behavioural Change.- Chapter 17. From Awareness to Impact for the Reflective Citizen: AI-Powered Eco-Feedback for Sustainable Choices.- Chapter 18. Gamification and Incentivising Impact: AI, Nudging, and the Psychology of Sustainable Action.- Chapter 19. Voices in the System with Algorithmic Participation: AI for Inclusive Climate Governance, Civic Engagement, and Policy Co-Creation.- Chapter 20. Catalysts of Change: AI as a Compass in the Climate Emergency.
