Research Pillars

The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth conducts cutting-edge research with real-world impact through large-scale initiatives in three main areas where the University of Chicago is uniquely positioned to lead.

Initiatives

The Institute uses the University’s robust capabilities in Economics and Policy to develop solutions and shape markets to scale the technologies and approaches required to address climate change at the lowest cost. The Institute develops new Energy Technologies that can replace fossil fuels and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions at scale. And it is developing the new field of Climate Systems Engineering to study the approaches and technologies that may be needed to manage the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.

Through EPIC, we're building on the University’s renowned history of economics to measure the costs of climate change and design the policies and market structures needed to balance the goals of decarbonization and economic growth.

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Through ETI, a partnership between the Institute and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, we're developing new energy technologies that can replace fossil fuels and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions at scale.

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Through CSEi, we're developing the new field of Climate Systems Engineering to study the approaches and technologies that may be needed to manage the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.

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