KEY RESEARCH AND ACTION UNDERTAKEN, OUTPUTS AND KEY RESULTS
Equity Assessment of Global Mitigation Pathways
The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC relies heavily on modelled global mitigation pathways (or scenarios) based on the use of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). These scenarios claim to explore the potential and/or required changes in socio economic, technological, and energy-related variables to meet appropriate global warming temperature targets.
However, it is important to assess how these scenarios incorporate the foundational principles of the UNFCCC, namely equity and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR&RC) for these scenarios to be relevant to the climate negotiations under the Convention. But such an assessment of how these scenarios fare on considerations of equity and CBDR&RC, is completely absent from the IPCC AR6 reports, especially in the report of Working Group-III as well as the Synthesis Report. This study fills this critical gap by assessing the equity implications of 556 scenarios used by the IPCC.
Google AI for Social Good
This study uses advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques, including convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and similar models, to interpret high-resolution satellite imagery. The goal is to precisely identify crucial crop attributes from existing satellite images and evaluate the potential impact of increased aridity on paddy cultivation in the Cauvery Delta.
