Artificial intelligence, climate resilience, and indigenous knowledge in environmental governance
The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in environmental governance is transforming how climate risks are monitored, modeled, and managed. However, most AI-based systems remain grounded in Western epistemological frameworks, frequently overlooking Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) that provide place-based, relational, and long-term understandings of ecological change. This article examines the opportunities and challenges of integrating Indigenous knowledge into AI-driven approaches to climate resilience. Using an interdisciplinary qualitative methodology that combines critical literature review, comparative case analysis, and environmental justice theory, the study analyzes documented initiatives from Indigenous territories in the Global South. These cases illustrate how automate
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