Advancing Global Change Science and Solutions

AGCI links science, solutions, and community to address the most pressing global change issues.

Food for thought: Cutting food loss and waste can generate big wins for nutrition, climate, and the bottom line

This AGCI workshop aimed to develop policy and program recommendations to reduce food loss and waste across geographies, with an emphasis on transforming sustainable food systems in low- and middle-income countries and “triple win” approaches that improve nutrition security, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and are affordable.
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How cities run dry

Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs long strained by overuse now face climate change. Some cities are turning to water restrictions to get back on track.
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Will a new climate-conscious generation embrace advances in nuclear technology? 

New research focused on understanding U.S. public sentiment around nuclear power suggests a lack of majority opposition to nuclear power, in general, and fusion technology, in particular. In the case of fusion energy, the data indicate a slight majority of support.
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Understanding global change challenges: Drying landscapes

AGCI spoke with Brad Udall, Senior Water and Climate Research Scientist/Scholar at Colorado State University’s Colorado Water Institute, about aridification as a global change issue and the many ways drying landscapes impact communities and ecosystems.
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Reducing carbon at speed and scale: Meet the Crux Alliance

Durable climate solutions require well-designed policies that get the technical details right. AGCI supports the Crux Alliance, a group of nonprofit organizations with deep policy design expertise, to work with policymakers in the world’s highest carbon-emitting countries.
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“AGCI tackles the challenging task of bringing together disparate research communities with ease, facilitating conversations that do not happen in other forums.”
– AGCI workshop participant
“AGCI defines what true community partnership looks like, helping us make sense of complex climate data, which allows us to positively impact our communities.”
– Ashley Perl, Pitkin County Community Resiliency Manager
“AGCI has become an intellectual proving ground, a ferment for new ideas and concepts, and a place where the different disciplines actually talk, and progress.”
– Hal Harvey, CEO, Energy Innovation