Solutions that Scale

Our Vision

A society where individuals and global institutions partner to enable the long-term flourishing of our planet, its natural resources, and its inhabitants.

Our Mission

To discover, translate, and enable scalable, data-driven solutions to the global problems of climate change and environmental degradation; to accelerate humanity's understanding of our impact on the physical climate; to build collaborations among scientists, business leaders, and policy makers to create actions that promote global flourishing; to educate climate and environmental change leaders in a broad range of careers.

Climate Solutions Loop

Global environmental problems often take the shape of vicious cycles, with universal human desires for improved wellbeing cascading via consumption and environmental impacts to instead reduce it. Different solutions address different links in such cycles, born of research, translation, education, and practice. However, solutions to planetary problems must reach planetary proportions. This is why we're bringing together scientists and academics, policy makers, business leaders, and global citizens to identify and accelerate solutions that scale.

Executive Board

Wendell Brase

Associate Chancellor, Office of Sustainability

Jack Brouwer

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering

James Bullock

Dean, School of Physical Sciences and Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Helen Chen

Director of Research Development, School of Physical Sciences

Steve Davis

Associate Professor, Earth System Science, School of Physical Sciences

Barbara Finlayson-Pitts

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering

Marijana Lekousis

Executive Director of Advancement, School of Physical Sciences

Richard Matthew

Associate Dean for Research and International Programs and Professor, Urban Planning, Policy and Design, School of Social Ecology

Dele Ogunseitan

Professor of Population Health & Disease Prevention, School of Public Health

Eric Rignot

Department Chair and Donald Bren Professor, Earth System Science, School of Physical Sciences

Dan Stokols

Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, School of Social Ecology

Bill Tomlinson

Professor, Informatics, Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences

André van der Hoek

Department Chair and Professor, Informatics, Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences

Veronica M. Vieira

Professor and Interim Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health, Program in Public Health, Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences

Jenny Yang

Associate Professor, Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences

Iryna Zenyuk

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering

Affiliated Centers, Institutes and Initiatives

News

UCI Engineers Evaluate Snow Drought in Different Parts of the World

Written on August 3, 2020.

Deficit in Western United States found to be of increased intensity in recent years August 3, 2020 – Environmental engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a new framework for characterizing snow droughts around the world.

Advanced Power and Energy Program Releases California Renewable Hydrogen Production Roadmap

Written on June 23, 2020.

Roadmap provides guidance on actions needed to launch and scale the California renewable hydrogen production sector to advance state policy goals.

UCI Earth system scientist helps quantify drop in carbon emissions during pandemic

Written on May 20, 2020.

Scientists who normally study how human activities impact the planet have been given a rare opportunity over the past few months to observe what happens when industry, transportation and other sources of carbon emissions are curtailed.

East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier has retreated almost 3 miles over last 22 years

Written on March 23, 2020.

East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier has retreated 5 kilometers, nearly 3 miles, in the past 22 years, and researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are concerned...

UCI-led project seeks to combat wildfires

Written on February 14, 2020.

A University of California, Irvine-led team has received $3.6 million over three years for a project that uses science and engineering to help California fight wildfires.

Western Energy Hub Poised for Pivotal Role Supplying California Markets with Green Energy

Written on February 3, 2020.

Renewable energy infrastructure now under development at the Western Energy Hub, in Millard County, Utah, can be integral in helping Los Angeles and California achieve their goals of 100% zero-carbon electricity...