Will AI Destroy or Save Nature?
As part of the TIDE Centre Spring Festival, join us for Will AI Destroy or Save Nature? — a high-level discussion on the environmental implications of artificial intelligence and its role in shaping sustainable development strategies.

We’ll hear from:

🌍 Riad Meddeb, Director, UNDP
🌱 Andres Valenciano Yamuni, Director, ECLAC (DC)
🤖 Angel Melguizo, Partner, ARGIA
💡 Tin Hinane El Kadi, Postdoctoral Researcher, TIDE Centre
The session will be moderated by Amir Lebdioui, Director of the TIDE Centre, University of Oxford.

Together, they will examine how AI intersects with sustainability and development—highlighting both the environmental costs of digital expansion and the potential of AI to support climate solutions, green industrialisation, and policy innovation.

📍 Place: Investcorp Auditorium, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 21 May
🕓 Time: 16:30 – 18:00
Date: 21 May 2025, 16:30
Venue: Middle East Centre Library, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium
Speakers: Andres Valenciano Yamuna (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean), Riad Meddeb (UNDP), Ángel Melguizo (Partner at ARGIA Green, Tech & Economics), Tin Hinane El Kadi (TIDE Centre), Dr Amir Lebdioui (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Oxford Department of International Development
Organiser: TIDE Centre (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: tide@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Part of: TIDE Spring Festival
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1363937918029?aff=oddtdtcreator
Cost: free
Audience: Public
Editor: Sara Torres Raisbeck