Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth

This holiday season, we reflect on a successful 2025 filled with important milestones—and on the vital work ahead. Thank you for your support and engagement this year! Explore our 2025 highlights: youtube.com/watch?v=OhAFpx…

It’s the last day of our Climate and Sustainable Growth major series! Hear from Professor Conor Carney on his Impacts and Adaptations class and reflections from @uchicagoollege 2nd year Genevieve Paul. Ready to declare as a major? Learn more: climate.uchicago.edu/major-in-clima…

"India is the most important energy market right now." In @FortuneIndia, @EPIC_India's @kaushikdeb explores India's energy dilemma and what its development pathway could mean for global emissions. Read: epic.uchicago.edu/insights/why-i…

Get an inside look at the @uchicagocollege Climate & Sustainable Growth major on the fourth day of our Week in the Life series! Attend a student research presentation, a climate course, & a club meeting. First years can now declare this major. Learn more: climate.uchicago.edu/major-in-clima…

From volunteering at a local school to experimenting with engines, follow along on another day in the life as a Climate and Sustainable Growth major at @uchicagocollege! First-year students can now declare this major. Learn more: climate.uchicago.edu/major-in-clima…

Nigeria's Chibueze Amanchukwu Developing Next-Generation Batteries In The US - Nigerian scientist Chibueze Amanchukwu, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, ... - youtube.com/watch?v=QprUML…

A study by @HarrisPolicy’s @Eyal_Frank and @amirjina of one of the world’s longest-running disaster warning systems—desert locust monitoring—finds surveillance limits damages and generates returns of up to 680 times the investment. Read: bit.ly/4fnfV8R

The U.S. is the world's largest oil producer — so why are we still paying the global price for gas? EPIC's Sam Ori explains why severing ties with the global oil market isn't practical or desirable in @USAToday. Read: epic.uchicago.edu/insights/why-c…

🌍 How #AirQuality Data is driving policy action in #Malawi 🇲🇼 The country's 1st #CleanAir rules are in the works & mindsets are starting to change, thanks to the work of Malawi's @mubasmw & @CGHodoli of MiFCAS w/ support of the EPIC Air Quality Fund. ➡️aqfund.epic.uchicago.edu/news/as-malawi…

Teaching @UChiClimate of @UChicago was an absolute delight. Topical, challenging course, bright, inquisitive undergrads and the lovely co- teachers. Very excited to come back this fall. .

Hear from @UChicagoCollege 2nd year Genevieve Paul on a day as a Climate and Sustainable Growth major! Follow along from a class on energy technology to an alumni career event. First years can now declare this major! Learn more: climate.uchicago.edu/major-in-clima…

Curious what it’s like to study Climate and Sustainable Growth at @UChicago ? Follow along this week as @UChicagoCollege 2nd year Genevieve Paul shares her day-to-day experiences as a major! First years can now declare. Learn more: climate.uchicago.edu/major-in-clima…

We’re pleased to announce a new Advisory Group to help guide our Institute as we grow and evolve. Our 11 Founding Members bring deep expertise and real-world insight from across sectors. Learn more: climate.uchicago.edu/news/institute…

What role should engineering the planet play in confronting climate risk? On May 18-19, CSEi convenes leading scientists, engineers and policymakers for Frontiers in Climate Systems Engineering, a public forum on carbon removal, sunlight reflection and glacial interventions.

“I had no idea at that time that we were wandering into this quagmire of misinformation.” On our podcast Shocked, @AmyAHarder & @johnfocook discuss how climate change disinformation evolved, and why the U.S. is especially vulnerable. 🎧: climate.uchicago.edu/insights/episo…

University of Chicago undergraduates are reaching for the stratosphere with PASCAL — a custom-built atmospheric particle collection instrument launching aboard a NASA high-altitude balloon later this summer. Read the story: climateengineering.uchicago.edu/news/uchicago-…

@UChicagoCollege undergraduates are reaching for the stratosphere with PASCAL — a custom-built atmospheric particle collection instrument launching aboard a @NASA high-altitude balloon later this summer. Learn more: climateengineering.uchicago.edu/news/uchicago-…

New study by @HarrisPolicy's Koichiro Ito finds making cars in Japan more fuel efficient led to more efficient cars in the U.S. This spillover resulted in 4x more carbon reduced. Learn more: epic.uchicago.edu/news/are-polic…

When rapid economic progress comes with environmental consequences, what choices lie ahead? @AmyAHarder and Hon. David Patterson MP unpack Guyana’s oil boom on our #podcast Shocked & the difficulties in balancing these goals. 🎧: climate.uchicago.edu/insights/episo…

We are thrilled to congratulate two @UChicagoCollege students on receiving Top 10 Speaker awards for their strong oral arguments at the world’s largest international environmental law moot court competition. 🎊 Learn more: climate.uchicago.edu/news/uchicago-…

#NowListening: Sen. @lisamurkowski—joined by former Sen. @HeidiHeitkamp—talks with @amyaharder & Michael Greenstone on our podcast Shocked about climate impacts already reshaping American communities and the need for bipartisan solutions. Tune in: climate.uchicago.edu/insights/bonus…