Meet the Experts
List of Experts
About the 2030 Project
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Food & Farms of the Future
Our transformation of food and agriculture systems helps reduce emissions from food production, removes atmospheric greenhouse gases and prepares us for a warming world.
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Energy of the Future
From electricity to heating to transportation, we’re accelerating the decarbonization of the planet and transforming energy systems for all who call it home.
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Materials of the Future
We’re at the forefront of creating next-generation industrial technologies and processes to accelerate decarbonization and reduce the negative impacts of a decarbonized world.
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Societies of the Future
Now is the time for climate solutions that leave no one behind. We inform policies that turn local action into effective global action, like reducing the drivers of climate migration and helping transform business and finance.
Featured Projects
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Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth
As concerns about climate change intensify, researchers are exploring the potential for large-scale human intervention in the Earth’s climate system, a strategy sometimes referred to as geoengineering. Douglas MacMartin (Cornell Engineering) and Daniele Visioni (Cornell CALS) discuss how their research in sunlight reflection methods fits into the bigger picture of potential climate solutions. -
Livestock Innovations for Sustainability
Second only to carbon dioxide as the single largest contributor to global warming, agricultural methane is a primary driver of climate change. In partnership with national and international NGOs, corporations, and foundations, Cornell researchers are leading the way in research to mitigate methane through innovative feed additives and other sustainable, profitable farming practices. -
Carbon Capture and Utilization
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Philip Milner is advancing the research into new materials and mechanisms for carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Along with other researchers in Cornell’s new Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion, Dr. Milner is pioneering a new class of absorbents that will bind carbon dioxide more effectively and economically, enabling its recovery for long-duration storage or utilization. -
Climate Jobs Transition
Cornell ILR’s groundbreaking Climate Jobs Institute (CJI) is guiding New York State and states across the nation in making the transition to a resilient, equitable clean energy economy. Through innovative policy studies, cross-sector partnerships, and education and workforce training, the CJI is helping policymakers, labor unions, industry leaders, and others navigate the climate crisis and plan for and create the high-quality jobs of the future.
In the News
We all eat. Let’s use the power of food to confront climate change
In a guest opinion, Mike Hoffmann, emeritus professor in Cornell CALS, expresses concern and motivation in the face of climate change’s impact on food, “Individually, we can also use one of the most important actions to confront climate change: Talk about it and use what’s happening to food to grab the attention of others.”
Dubai floods expose weaknesses to a rapidly changing climate
“It’s a real tradeoff in thinking about the cost and the opportunity costs,” said Linda Shi, an assistant professor of city and regional planning. “These events are likely to be erratic and unpredictable.”
Why new proposals to restrict geoengineering are misguided
Daniele Visioni, climate scientist and assistant professor at Cornell CALS, expresses concern about vague and misinformed policies that would restrict research on technologies that “might significantly reduce certain climatic risks.”
North America’s biggest city is running out of water
“There is an element of climate change that’s contributing to these conditions that we find ourselves in, but there’s also a very strong human-built environment element — a governance element, a politics element, and a mismanagement element of both the natural and the human environment,” says Victoria Beard, professor of city and regional planning.
Data centers fuel AI and crypto but could threaten climate, experts say
“The growth trend is super-fast,” says Fengqi You, professor of energy systems in engineering. “This is something I’m concerned about.”
This mega-city is running out of water. What will 22 million people do when the taps run dry?
“Water sources are depleted around the world,” said Victoria Beard, professor of city and regional planning. “Every year, more cities will face ‘Day Zero,’ with no water in their piped systems.”
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