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This holiday season, we reflect on a successful 2025 filled with important milestones—and on the vital work ahead. Thank you for your support and engagement this year!
Explore our 2025 highlights: piped.video/watch?v=OhAFpxLC…
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At @aspenideas: Climate, @uchienergy scholar @amirjina of @HarrisPolicy led a Climate Impacts 101 on what we can do today to anticipate, prepare for, & adapt to a more turbulent climate.
🎥: climate.uchicago.edu/insight…
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Today at #ClimateWeekNYC, our Emissions Market Accelerator convened government leaders, researchers, and international partners to discuss how #EmissionsMarkets can reduce #pollution while supporting economic growth in the Global South.
More on EMA: emissionsmarkets.org/
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Great to connect with my CARE colleague Ann Vaughn at #ClimateWeekNYC! We joined a powerful conversation on the human toll of the Super El Niño and what it means for the communities around the world. @UChiClimate @C2ES_org @UNOCHA @gatesfoundation
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Clean energy abundance or keep fossil fuels in the ground?
EPIC Scholar @RyanMKellogg of @HarrisPolicy argues for demand and supply-side carbon policy + public support for clean energy in new @BrookingsInst paper: epic.uchicago.edu/news/effec…
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Today at #ClimateWeekNYC, experts from @impact_lab, @C2ES, @CARE, @GatesFoundation, and @UNOCHA gathered to address the heat toll of the 2026–27 Super #ElNiño and what can still be done.
Explore the report: impactlab.org/research/45100…
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Extreme heat caused by this year's ‘super-El Niño’ could result in as many as 451,000 excess deaths across the globe in the six months through February 2027, researchers with the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab said reut.rs/4ym73XC
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AI #WeatherForecasts could help millions of farmers decide when to plant, harvest & protect their crops 🌍
HCWF Co-Directors Michael Kremer & @turbulentjet, alongside Rebecca Willett & Ian Foster won a @LaudeInstitute Moonshots grant to make it happen:
humancenteredforecasts.clima…
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EPIC’s Director Michael Greenstone spoke with @TIME on the Trump Administration's repeal of power plant carbon #pollution standards and what the science actually says about the health and climate risks.
Read: epic.uchicago.edu/news/heres…
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Our Executive Director Sam Ori spoke with @TaraMolinaTV of @cbschicago on rising gas prices following the ExxonMobil Joliet refinery outage — a key Midwest supplier — and why "there is just so little margin for error."
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epic.uchicago.edu/news/gas-p…
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Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth retweeted
Our @impact_lab’s new report finds #ElNiño could lead to 451,000 deaths from extreme hot days.
Explore where immediate action could save tens of thousands of lives: impactlab.org/news-insights/…
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Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth retweeted
NEW REPORT: #ElNiño could lead to 451,000 deaths from extreme hot days. The report pinpoints where immediate action could save tens of thousands of lives.
More: impactlab.org/news-insights/…
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Will AI close a 70-year gap in weather forecasting for health, or could it instead widen disparities?
A new report led by @amirjina with co-authors including @turbulentjet shares recommendations to ensure AI weather forecasting benefits communities across the globe
NEW REPORT w/ @RockefellerFdn: As #ClimateChange makes weather more extreme and less predictable, #AI forecasts can change how the world protects people’s health — but only if they're built around the decisions health systems have to make.
More: climate.uchicago.edu/news/ne…
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Today at #ClimateWeekNYC, our Institute & @RockefellerFdn convened researchers and practitioners to explore how #AI-powered #WeatherForecasts can save lives & improve health + launched a new report providing a roadmap for human-centered forecasting.
climate.uchicago.edu/ai-weat…
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NEW REPORT w/ @RockefellerFdn: As #ClimateChange makes weather more extreme and less predictable, #AI forecasts can change how the world protects people’s health — but only if they're built around the decisions health systems have to make.
More: climate.uchicago.edu/news/ne…
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At @aspenideas: Climate, Institute scholar Elisabeth Moyer of @GeoSci_UChicago led a Power Sector 101 session on how the US power grid developed, what's happening to it now, & how it needs to transform to reach our climate goals.
🎥: climate.uchicago.edu/insight…
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Last week, 300+ stakeholders gathered to mark nearly 60 public #CleanAir commitments at our inaugural Clean Air Pledge Session.
Watch the recording: aqfund.epic.uchicago.edu/eve…
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Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth retweeted
New @AP poll:
"The survey data say about half, 53%, of Americans are 'extremely' or 'very' concerned about artificial intelligence’s environmental impacts. That is up from 41% last year." apnews.com/article/ai-enviro…
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Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth retweeted
"About half of Americans consider energy policy and climate change policy very or extremely important, and about another third consider each issue somewhat important—in line with views on immigration and foreign policy." epic.uchicago.edu/news/conce…
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