AI, Energy and Climate: Damilola Ogunbiyi: AI, Energy Access and the Digital Divide

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

More than a billion people in the world live in energy poverty, with little or no access to electricity. Can AI help put an end to energy poverty -- or could it make the problem worse? Is there a risk of a new digital divide, with the US, China and Europe integrating AI into their economies while many nations in the Global South fall behind? Join host David Sandalow as he discusses these questions and more with Damilola Ogunbiyi, a top UN official and CEO of Sustainable Energy for All. AI for Climate Change Mitigation Roadmap -- https://www.icef.go.jp/roadmap and transitiondigital.org/ai-climate-roadmap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Whoa, go, whoo-whoo, are you?
0:02.0	Whoa, there.
0:03.0	Victoria's had a Friday night to remember.
0:06.0	But now she's outside in the pouring rain and...
0:09.0	Oh, what? You are joking. I've got no data. How are we gonna get home?
0:13.0	But then she remembers she's with EEE.
0:16.0	Yes, Uber still works.
0:17.0	So then she...
0:19.0	Uber's on me, guys. Should we get a kebab?
0:21.6	Use essential apps like Uber and WhatsApp even when you run out of data. Search EE Mobile.
0:27.2	Stay connected at 0.5 megabits per second. Terms apply.
0:32.2	Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training. Like Juliet. She's now a trained technician.
0:39.3	And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair,
0:43.3	reminds her of how far she's come.
0:47.3	In two years, she's landed her dream job,
0:51.3	providing her with valuable skills.
0:53.3	That's up to £8,000 for education
0:56.6	and training at Amazon. Eligibility conditions apply. Welcome to the AI Energy and Climate Podcast,
1:08.9	a special series from the DSR Network hosted by David Sandalow,
1:13.1	inaugural fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.
1:17.4	Join us as we talk with leading experts to explore the intersection between these critical issues
1:22.4	that will impact the future of each and every one of us.
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