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Global Initiative on Resilience to Natural Hazards through AI Solutions

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The Global Initiative on Resilience to Natural Hazards through AI Solutions seeks to advance the use of AI and other emerging technologies in disaster management while ensuring it is safe, responsible, and effective. A core focus of the initiative is laying the foundation for international AI standards and best practices to guide the design, deployment, and governance of AI solutions for hazard detection, monitoring, response, and recovery. By convening expert working groups, workshops, collaborative challenges, and connecting the dots between standards and existing proof-of-concept projects connecting the dots between standards and existing proof-of-concept projects, initiative provides a platform for governments, industry, and civil society to contribute to interoperable, ethical, and inclusive AI frameworks. Through these standards-driven efforts, the initiative aims to strengthen resilience to natural hazards and support the UN’s broader goals of disaster management, sustainable development, and technological innovation.

Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsTrainings/WorkshopsResearch/Reports/AssessmentsPolicy/Regulatory GuidanceAwareness/AdvocacyNetworks/Mentorship/Exchange

ITUFAO

Focus Group on AI and IoT for Digital Agriculture (FG-AI4A)

Global

This Focus Group explored the potential of AI and IoT for digital agriculture, focusing on data acquisition, modeling, and communication for optimizing agricultural production processes. It concluded its work in 2024.

Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsPolicy/Regulatory Guidance

ITUWHOWIPO

Global Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Health (GI-AI4H)

Global Not Applicable

The GI-AI4H is a global collaboration initiative led by ITU, WHO, and WIPO, dedicated to ensuring that AI improves health outcomes ethically and equitably. Its work is centered on three pillars:
• Enable: Develop International standards, governance, and ethical frameworks for safe use of AI in Health.
• Facilitate: Promote knowledge and data sharing, foster multi-stakeholder partnerships and strengthen global cooperation.
• Implement: Support scalable real-world deployment of AI in health, especially in low-resource settings.
The initiative delivers benchmarking tools, policy guidance, innovation insights, and best practices to build trusted AI-enabled health systems and its ultimate goal is to make AI-driven healthcare trustworthy, inclusive, sustainable, and accessible worldwide.

Activity Type Policy/Regulatory GuidanceInfrastructure/Systems DevelopmentNetworks/Mentorship/Exchange

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AI for people-centred smart cities workstream in the UN inter-agency working group on AI

Global

A new workstream was established to understand the needs of cities and the capabilities of UN System organizations in relation to AI. The objectives are to leverage AI for people-centered smart cities, promote ethical guidelines, and strengthen inter-agency cooperation. The project is kicking off a global assessment of responsible AI use in cities.

Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsNetworks/Mentorship/ExchangePolicy/Regulatory Guidance