E194 New York Climate Week 2026 Live

AI could be one of the most powerful tools we’ve ever had for nature. It could also make the problem considerably worse.

Live from New York Climate Week, Rich Stockdale is joined by Anna Lerner, CEO of Climate Collective; Sheila Oviedo, Head of Climate and Nature Products at S&P Global; and Danan Margason, CEO of Aarden AI, to ask a deceptively simple question: will AI ultimately be positive or negative for nature?

They get into what AI is already changing — climate forecasting, land investment, conservation, insurance, talent and decision-making — before confronting the uncomfortable bit: data centres, water, energy and what happens if AI accelerates an economy that still hasn’t priced nature properly. The technology is moving extraordinarily quickly. The bigger question is whether we can point it in the right direction.