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The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth leverages the University’s unique legacy and resources to balance the risks of a changing climate with the essential need for human progress. It does so by combining frontier research in economics and policy, climate systems engineering, and energy technologies with a pioneering approach to energy and climate education. The Institute also seeds interdisciplinary research that explores new topics in this ever-evolving field and deploys practical, effective solutions in countries central to this challenge.

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Communications Director, South Asia

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Scholars

The Institute brings together scholars from throughout the University who conduct climate change research from a variety of disciplines.

Research Initiatives

The Institute conducts cutting-edge research in areas that are essential to confronting the climate and growth challenge.

Energy Policy Institute at UChicago

EPIC measures the costs of climate change and designs the policies and markets needed to balance decarbonization and growth.

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Energy Technologies Initiative

ETI drives cutting-edge breakthroughs in energy storage to expand energy access while reducing emissions.

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Climate Systems Engineering Initiative

CSEi explores approaches and technologies that may be needed to manage the emissions already in the atmosphere.

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Programs & Labs

EPIC Clean Air Program

A suite of initiatives bringing air quality data and evidence to communities to help guide decision-making.

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Emissions Market Accelerator

Helps governments in the Global South design and build emissions markets to reduce pollution while maintaining economic growth.

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Climate Impact Lab

Identifies where climate adaptations are most needed and what investments will deliver the greatest benefits to communities.

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Energy Transition Network

Brings together academics and industry to ensure lab-based research moves directly to the marketplace.

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Human-Centered Weather Forecasts

Builds AI-driven weather forecasts targeted to specific needs on the ground and works with governments to disseminate and scale.

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Center for Advanced Materials for Environmental Solutions

Accelerating porous materials discovery to develop practical solutions to critical climate challenges.

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Center for Organic Battery Innovation

Building safer, cleaner, and more sustainable batteries from earth-abundant organic materials as an alternative to lithium-ion.

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"Shocked" Podcast

Are you tired of the same climate and energy stories? Award-Winning Axios Journalist and Institute Journalism Fellow Amy Harder and Institute Director Michael Greenstone share new ways of thinking about the challenge from people on the frontlines as well as cutting-edge solutions — like changing the earth’s atmosphere, making batteries out of sodium and using artificial intelligence to predict the weather.