Climate Restoration

​​​​​​​An interdisciplinary team focused on negative emissions and carbon removal strategies for the state of Virginia

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In order to effectively combat global climate change, we need to understand the barriers and opportunities to carbon removal strategies on local levels. We need to link global models to local action. Our Climate Restoration Initiative will evaluate the full potential for carbon removal strategies to mitigate climate change and their costs and benefits for the state of Virginia and its citizens. An accessible mapping tool will benefit carbon accounting, forecasting, and decision support to help leaders and policymakers understand emerging carbon removal strategies and the barriers and benefits in their home region.

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New Research States that Diverse Approach Key to Carbon Removal

In a new paper published in Nature Climate Change, scientists, including ERI researchers, project what tradeoffs may flow from a range of possible decarbonization scenarios.
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CRI Report Optimistic That Virginia Can Meet Net-Zero Carbon Goal

Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Environmental Resilience Institute have published a report assessing how much carbon Virginia needs to remove from the atmosphere to get to “net-zero” emissions of...
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Shaping The Future Of Uva Research Through ‘Grand Challenge’ Investments

The University of Virginia’s Great and Good 2030 Plan identifies five priority areas for research: democracy, environmental resilience and sustainability, precision medicine, the brain and neuroscience, and digital technology and...
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Funding Awarded for the Climate Restoration Initiative

This initiative will be the first of its kind to combine the disciplinary and policy perspectives needed to understand the feasible scope of negative emissions strategies.
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San Francisco Sustainability Technology & Innovation Networking Reception
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Carbon Storage
Carbon Management with Noah Deich
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Climate Collaborative Info Session
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CRI Report Presentation
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Regional Hydroclimatic Changes 

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Energy Transitions

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Cost-effective air filters for developing countries and studying population response to air pollution