The pace and extent of environmental change are more pronounced than ever before. Extreme events are putting people, infrastructure, and ecosystems at risk. These are urgent challenges to both resiliency and livability in Virginia and throughout the world.
Whether dealing with increased flooding, wildfires, more intense storms, temperature extremes, and more, the Institute is finding solutions and bringing them to people and places where they are most needed.
The Environmental Institute supports projects in both the prediction of extreme events and the strategies to lower risk and increase resilience.
Explore more of what UVA is doing when it comes to research on the environment and extreme climate-related events below.
