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
Scientists resort to once-unthinkable solutions to cool the planet
Daniele Visioni, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, says “Now we’re at the point where the choice isn’t between yes or no about doing SRM [solar radiation management], but between making an informed decision versus making an uninformed decision.”
Climate crisis prompts Biden to halt new gas export facilities
This article highlights research on liquefied natural gas led by Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
This ISS mission could 'open some eyes' about climate science
Natalie Mahowald, professor of atmospheric science, says “We’ll take the new maps and put them into our climate models, and from that, we’ll know what fraction of aerosols are absorbing heat versus reflecting to a much greater extent than we have known in the past.”
The latest unlikely place where you can now find microplastics
Natalie Mahowald, professor of atmospheric science, explains how the shape of microplastics can determine how far they are transported.
Less pollution, more global warming
Daniele Visioni, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, says, “There is absolutely no doubt that we would be all better off in the short term if we didn’t have to breathe in as many dangerous aerosols. From a health perspective, it makes sense to reduce pollutants.”
An innovative financing model is ensuring everyone can afford a heat pump
Roberta Severson, extension associate and program leader of the CCE Enterprise Program at the Dyson School, explains why cooperatives like Washington State’s Kicking Gas could be important and necessary.
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