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Among the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed within the2030 Agenda and adopted by all the United Nations member states, the 13$^{th}$SDG is a call for action to combat climate change for a better world. In thiswork, we provide an overview of areas in which audio intelligence -- a powerfulbut in this context so far hardly considered technology -- can contribute toovercome climate-related challenges. We categorise potential computer auditionapplications according to the five elements of earth, water, air, fire, andaether, proposed by the ancient Greeks in their five element theory; thiscategorisation serves as a framework to discuss computer audition in relationto different ecological aspects. Earth and water are concerned with the earlydetection of environmental changes and, thus, with the protection of humans andanimals, as well as the monitoring of land and aquatic organisms. Aerial audiois used to monitor and obtain information about bird and insect populations.Furthermore, acoustic measures can deliver relevant information for themonitoring and forecasting of weather and other meteorological phenomena. Thefourth considered element is fire. Due to the burning of fossil fuels, theresulting increase in CO$_2$ emissions and the associated rise in temperature,fire is used as a symbol for man-made climate change and in this contextincludes the monitoring of noise pollution, machines, as well as the earlydetection of wildfires. In all these areas, computer audition can helpcounteract climate change. Aether then corresponds to the technology itselfthat makes this possible. This work explores these areas and discussespotential applications, while positioning computer audition in relation tomethodological alternatives.

Climate Change & Computer Audition: A Call to Action and Overview on Audio Intelligence to Help Save the Planet