The Center for Advanced Climate Solutions (CACS) at the University of Illinois was established to foster innovative solutions to address emerging challenges driven by climate variability. CACS helps coalesce and expand significant University climate expertise, research, training, and student interest. It is unique in its focus on the burgeoning need for solutions-driven research and professional training to address the generational and grand challenges caused by climate transitions. Specifically, the Center works to:
- Accelerate the development of practical climate solutions through innovative, integrative research
- Increase competitiveness for external and private funding for climate solutions
- Educate and train students for the quickly growing cross-sector demand for climate consulting
CACS is led by the Prairie Research Institute and Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE), with partnerships with Civil & Environmental Engineering, Geography & Geographic Information Science, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Atmospheric Sciences, the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, the Center for Social & Behavioral Science, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and the Discovery Partners Institute.
Visit the Center for Advanced Climate Solutions website to learn more.