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      Balancing the urgency of climate action with society’s need for sustainable growth through research, education, and international engagement
    - What They're Saying: Our Mission and Potential for Impact
  - - Global Approach
      Driving impact in the countries most central to the global climate and growth challenge
    - Building Blocks
      - EPIC
      - ETI
      - CSEi
      - Seeding new research
Education
- - - Chicago Curriculum on Climate and Sustainable Growth
      To understand the climate and sustainable growth challenge, students must grapple with its foundational elements, complexities, and tradeoffs from every angle.
    - What They’re Saying: Chicago Curriculum
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Research
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    - Energy, Markets, and Policy
      Through EPIC, we're delivering solutions rooted in markets and smart policy design.
    - Technology and Innovation
      Through ETI, we're advancing energy storage technologies.
    - Climate Systems Engineering
      Through CSEi, we're evaluating the risks from more than a century of emissions.
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    - Programs & Labs, Projects, and More
      Bringing together scholars to foster high-impact results.
    - Research Funding
      Seeding new research to generate the next big climate ideas.
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    - Frontiers in Climate Systems Engineering
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Institute research includes peer-reviewed publications, working papers, and other data-driven analyses answering a broad range of research questions from scholars across campus.

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ETI Journal Article·Aug 17, 2026

End-To-End Discovery of MOFs for Ambient CH4 Adsorption

Journal of the American Chemical Society

ETI Journal Article·Aug 12, 2026

Crossover dynamics of non-Fickian ionic diffusion in solids

Nature Communications

Journal Article·Aug 6, 2026

AI-Boosted Rare Event Sampling to Characterize Extreme Weather

APS Journal

Journal Article·Aug 5, 2026

Racialized economic concentration predicts storm-related injuries and deaths in the United States, 2005–2022

Nature Communications

Journal Article·Jul 29, 2026

The past and future impact of climate change on childhood malaria in Africa

Nature

ETI Journal Article·Jul 28, 2026

Origins of Enhanced Ion Transport in Nanostructured Anion-Conducting Polyelectrolytes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Journal Article·Jul 28, 2026

Quantifying AI data center flexibility as a resource adequacy asset

Research Square

ETI Journal Article·Jul 9, 2026

Intrinsic variability of lithium metal foils and its impact on rechargeable battery performance

Springer Nature

ETI Journal Article·Jul 1, 2026

Asymmetric pathways for lithium extraction and recovery based on the two-phase equilibrium of layered oxides

Nature Communications

Journal Article·Jun 24, 2026

Improving Datacenter IT Capacity, Cooling Efficiency and Lifetime with Underground Thermal Energy Storage Systems

ACM Digital Library

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About
- - - About the Institute
      Balancing the urgency of climate action with society’s need for sustainable growth through research, education, and international engagement
    - What They're Saying: Our Mission and Potential for Impact
  - - Global Approach
      Driving impact in the countries most central to the global climate and growth challenge
    - Building Blocks
      - EPIC
      - ETI
      - CSEi
      - Seeding new research
Education
- - - Chicago Curriculum on Climate and Sustainable Growth
      To understand the climate and sustainable growth challenge, students must grapple with its foundational elements, complexities, and tradeoffs from every angle.
    - What They’re Saying: Chicago Curriculum
Student Life
- - - Research Opportunities
    - Polsky Research Fellows
    - Bartlett Fellowships
    - DRW Fellowships
    - Predoctoral Fellowships
    - View All
  - - Global Experiences
    - UChicago at COP
    - UChicago at CERAWeek
    - India Summer Fellows Program
    - UChicago at Climate Week NYC
    - View All
  - - Careers & Mentoring
    - Internships and Funding
    - Career Series
    - Alumni Community
    - Work in Climate
    - Climate & Energy Career Fair
  - - On Campus Programs
    - Student Organizations
    - Green Fund
    - Climate Case Competition
    - Environmental Frontiers
    - Lunch & Learn
Research
- - - Research Pillars
    - Energy, Markets, and Policy
      Through EPIC, we're delivering solutions rooted in markets and smart policy design.
    - Technology and Innovation
      Through ETI, we're advancing energy storage technologies.
    - Climate Systems Engineering
      Through CSEi, we're evaluating the risks from more than a century of emissions.
  - - Entities and Resources
    - Programs & Labs, Projects, and More
      Bringing together scholars to foster high-impact results.
    - Research Funding
      Seeding new research to generate the next big climate ideas.
    - Tools & Data Resources
Scholars
Impact
Insights
- - - Opinions & Analysis
    - Warm temperatures, not heat waves, are sending us a message
      via USA Today
    - View All
  - - Podcasts
    - Shocked
    - View All
  - - Research Highlights
    - Green Waste
    - View All
News
Events
- - - Featured Past Events
    - Climate Frontiers 2025: Energy and Climate at UChicago
    - Frontiers in Climate Systems Engineering
  - - Upcoming Events
    - Climate Frontiers 2026: Energy and Climate at UChicago
    - View All
  - - Event Series & Around Campus
    - Seminars
    - Career Series
    - Energy & Climate Club
    - Lunch & Learn
    - Climate Frontiers
  - - Global Experiences
    - UChicago at COP
    - UChicago at CERAWeek
    - UChicago at Aspen Ideas: Climate
    - UChicago at Climate Week NYC
    - View All
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