Artificial Intelligence for Environment and Sustainability

DFKI4planet is the AI Competence Center for Environment and Sustainability at DFKI. DFKI4planet acts as a hub for knowledge transfer and networking. It is the central point of contact for all interested parties from science, business and politics.

Our Mission

DFKI4planet focuses on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. We promote the visibility of AI solutions that help to tackle global challenges such as climate change, ocean pollution and food shortages. We focus not only on sustainable applications, but also on the sustainability of AI itself.

Environmental monitoring and protection:

Detection of environmental pollution
Sustainable use of aquatic ecosystems
Resource conservation and efficiency

Waste and resource management:

Intelligent waste separation and disposal
Increasing resource efficiency

Green mobility:

Future-oriented development of sustainable transport concepts

Sustainable agriculture and production:

Development of sustainable methods in agriculture
Environmentally conscious production
Optimization of the circular economy

Energy efficiency and emissions reduction:

Reduction of energy consumption
Energy optimization
CO2 reduction

Highlights

Four scientists at the DFKI booth at the AI Conference

AI Conference 2024

At the AI Conference of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, DFKI researchers presented AI applications for a more sustainable use of resources in industry and the environment. These included pilot projects within the BMUV initiative Green-AI Hub and the project PlasticObs+.

DFKI at the AI Conference

AI for the rainforest

DFKI researchers from Oldenburg are among the winners of the international $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest competition, which is dedicated to the preservation of biodiversity in rainforests. As part of the Brazilian team, they achieved an outstanding third place among the 300 teams that competed.

Third place in XRIZE Rainforest