The Climate Crisis and AI for Health – Jan 28, 2026

Session Description

Join us on January 28 for a lecture on Ethics & Governance of AI for Health!

Featuring Dr. Loïc Lannelongue – a leading voice on sustainable computing from the University of Cambridge – this talk will address how AI and modern computation impact the climate crisis, the responsibility that researchers and health systems hold, and practical pathways toward greener, ethical innovation.

This free, hybrid event is hosted by the Joint Centre of Bioethics in partnership with the Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine, the Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health & Sustainable Care, AMS Healthcare, and TRANSFORM HF.

Speaker: Dr Loïc Lannelongue

Dr Loïc Lannelongue is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Cambridge where he leads the Cambridge Sustainable Computing Lab, a research group studying the environmental impacts of computing. Passionate about environmental sustainability and responsible science, he is involved in both research and policy internationally. Among other things, he leads the Green Algorithms initiative and manages the Green DiSC certification framework for sustainable computing. He is a Software Sustainability Institute Fellow, a visiting scientist at the European Bioinformatic Institute (EMBL-EBI), and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Panelists include: Mamatha Bhat, Chris McIntosh, and Jay Shaw

Learning Objectives:

• Examine how AI’s computational demands contribute to the climate crisis.
  Explore pathways toward sustainable innovation in health research.
  Discuss how to balance AI progress with environmental responsibility, equity, and global health ethics.

Additional Details:

• In person at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus, 263 McCaul is located just south of College Street on the east side, behind the Health Sciences Building (155 College St).
• Or online via Zoom