Resources

AGCI makes publicly accessible thousands of video presentations, research publications, and other resources from our workshops and projects. Use the search and filter options below to explore the resource library.

Forest with section clearcut and planted for palm oil production, Thailand

Feeding a sustainable future: The road to net-zero emissions food systems

Globally, food systems account for up to a third of climate-warming emissions (GHG). Even if societies were to successfully eliminate all emissions from energy systems, it’s impossible to achieve climate goals without equally ambitious attention to food system emissions. 
By Liz Carver
AGCI Insight
March 8, 2024
Person's arms in field holding bowl of freshly harvested produce

Understanding global change challenges: Sustainable food systems

AGCI spoke with Dr. Michelle Tigchelaar, a climate scientist and the Impact Area Lead on Climate & Environmental Sustainability at WorldFish in Malaysia, about sustainable food systems as a global change challenge.
By Liz Carver
AGCI Insight
March 4, 2024
Hands holding large soil sample with many small roots visible

Small but mighty: The role of soil microbes in a changing climate

Relatively little is known about the soil microbiome, but recent research into this underground ecosystem teeming with microscopic life is opening new windows into how microbiomes may shape and be shaped by a changing climate.
By Asa DeHaan Elise Osenga
Research Review
February 26, 2024

Workshop builds, strengthens collaborations across SPLASH/SAIL/SOS community

Synopsis of a November 1–3, 2023, hybrid workshop on the state of research and data sets from the Study of Precipitation, the Lower Atmosphere and Surface for Hydrometeorology (SPLASH); the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) campaign; and the Sublimation of Snow (SOS) study.
Gijs de Boer, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and Physical Sciences Laboratory, NOAA
News
February 1, 2024
Man in bathrobe adjusting thermostat dial on wall

What difference can I make in the climate crisis?

Recent research sheds light on the common barriers we face when making choices that can reduce carbon emissions and the many ways one person really can make a difference.
By Emily Jack-Scott
Research Review
January 30, 2024

New community of practice brings sea level rise practitioners together to advance coastal resilience

The Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS) is the first-ever practitioner-led global collaborative working across boundaries to proactively address the risks of sea level rise and advance coastal resilience.
By Liz Carver
AGCI Insight
January 30, 2024
Long line of motorcycles ride along flooded road

Understanding global change challenges: Sea level rise

AGCI spoke with Dr. Ma. Laurice Jamero, Climate Resilience Coordinator of the Manila Observatory in the Philippines, about her work with small island communities and how addressing sea level rise is both an urgent global change issue and a matter of climate justice.
By Liz Carver
AGCI Insight
January 30, 2024

New federal programs could ease high home heating bills

Twenty percent of American households had to choose between basic necessities and heating or cooling their homes in 2020. Research shows that energy insecurity disproportionately affects low-income, as well as Native American, Black, and Hispanic households. But two new federal programs aim to address these inequities by providing $9 billion in rebates for residential energy-efficiency upgrades and cost-saving electric appliances.
By Emily Jack-Scott Michelle Solomon Liz Carver
News
January 12, 2024