Climate Change AI Virtual Summer School 2026 - registration is open!

[Priya Donti]

Registration is open for the Climate Change AI Virtual Summer School 2026! This year’s program will take place from July 19 - August 22, 2026, and will be hosted fully online. We would appreciate your help in spreading the word to interested participants.

The CCAI Virtual Summer School provides participants with the opportunity to learn about different applications of artificial intelligence (AI) for climate action from expert researchers and practitioners, and to develop important skills and expertise to make an impact in this space. Through lectures and hands-on tutorials, participants will gain essential grounding in AI, climate, and their intersection, and gain exposure to a wide range of AI-for-climate applications.

The program is designed for a global audience from across sectors and career stages, including researchers, practitioners, decision-makers, and students across academia, industry, entrepreneurship, civil society, and the public sector. If you are interested in learning about ways to responsibly and impactfully leverage AI to tackle major climate problems, we encourage you to check out the program!

Dates & Registration
Dates: July 19 – August 22, 2026 (5 weeks)
Location: Virtual
Registration link: Available at www.climatechange.ai/events/summer_school
Registration fee: $30 (USD) for participants residing in high-income economies and $10 (USD) for participants residing outside high-income economies. Fee waivers are also available, as we are eager to ensure that program fees are not a barrier to participation for any individual.
Language: The Virtual Summer School will be conducted in English, with live automatic subtitles available in various languages via the Zoom platform.
Program website and FAQ: www.climatechange.ai/events/summer_school
Contact: summerscho...@climatechange.ai

The full schedule of sessions will be posted closer to the program start date. Lecture topics include:

• Foundation lectures
• Introduction to AI
• Introduction to Climate Change
• Responsible & Ethical AI
• Sustainability Impacts of AI
• Introduction to AI & Climate Policy and Regulation
• Shaping Your AI-for-Climate Project in Practice
• Sectoral lectures
• AI for Accelerated Materials Science
• AI for Agriculture and Food Security
• AI for Biodiversity & Ecosystems
• AI for Buildings & Cities
• AI for Carbon Accounting (Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification)
• AI for Climate Finance
• AI for Climate Science
• AI for Forestry
• AI for Oceans & Marine Systems
• AI for Policy, Economics & Social Sciences
• AI for Power & Energy Systems
• AI for Public Health
• AI for Risk Assessment, Disaster Management & Relief
• AI for Transportation
• AI for Water Resources and Hydrology
• AI for Weather
• Combining AI and Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Action

For more details, please see www.climatechange.ai/events/summer_school or reach out to summerscho...@climatechange.ai with any questions.

If you are interested in sponsoring this year’s program, please reach out to partne...@climatechange.ai.

Best wishes,
Climate Change AI Virtual Summer School team:
Ana Maria Quintero Ossa (University College London)
Alamin Musa Magaga (Nest Africa AI Innovation Lab)
David Quispe (University of Toronto)
Amanda Murray (Duke University)
Oluwaferanmi Oladepo (Federal University of Technology, Akure)
Olivia Zhang (University of Florida)
Mary Salami (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Priya Donti (MIT)