AI for Climate and Nature

Leveraging AI to Address Climate Change and Protect Nature 

Climate change and threats to nature are among the world’s biggest problems, and we want to find solutions that take advantage of one of the world’s biggest opportunities: artificial intelligence. AI is already helping people monitor greenhouse gas emissions, detect forest fires, and advance renewable energy. But it’s time to do more, faster. AI, when used responsibly, can supercharge efforts to design and deploy solutions to help protect our planet and our future. 

At the Earth Fund, we’re focused on where AI is headed — toward powerful, specialized tools that can drive real impact across food, energy, biodiversity, and nature.    

One way we do this is by identifying experts who are already solving hard problems, and helping them scale with AI. We’re the bridge, connecting frontier AI companies and tools to people on the ground tackling climate and nature challenges every day. 

The Earth Fund has supported the development of multiple publications that analyze the current connections existing between both AI and climate, and AI and nature, including where there are opportunities to scale impact.  

In April 2024, we announced a multi-year $100 million AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge to accelerate climate and nature solutions by funding innovative approaches that leverage modern AI to deliver greater speed, scale, accuracy, and precision. 

We also support initiatives like the Land and Carbon Lab, which creates cutting-edge open data on nature, and uses AI to make it more accessible and actionable than ever before. 

The promise of AI lies not just in its algorithms, but in how we choose to use it. By aligning technological innovation with the urgent needs of climate and nature, we can unlock solutions that safeguard communities, restore ecosystems, and accelerate the journey toward a nature-positive future.

The Bezos Earth Fund is committed to making sure AI serves as a force for good—ensuring that innovation helps us protect the planet we all depend on.