Cambridge Climate Week - Regulating AI for Climate and Nature
The Centre for Climate Engagement hosted “Regulating AI for Climate and Nature” on 18 March 2026 as part of Cambridge Climate Week. The rapid pace of AI development has brought the industry’s environmental impacts into sharper focus. We hereby think of the material costs of AI such as energy consumption, natural resource use and wider environmental externalities. The much-needed discussion around how the AI impact on the environment can be better governed, brought together expertise from across law, technology, policy and environmental sciences.
The event featured a keynote speech from Yu-Ting Kuo, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, a presentation from Nick Scott, Manager of the Law for Climate Action Programme at Centre for Climate Engagement and a panel discussion chaired by Professor Harro Van Asselt, Hatton Professor of Climate Law, featuring speakers from the Department of Zoology and the Conservation Research Institute, the Department of Public Health and Primary Care Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, also including Giulia Trojano, Senior Associate and AI expert at Hausfeld.
