Overview
The Center for Advanced Climate Solutions (CACS) at the University of Illinois was established to foster innovative solutions to address emerging challenges driven by climate change. CACS helps coalesce and expand significant University climate expertise, research, training and student interest. It is unique in its focus on the burgeoning need for solutions-driven research and professional training to address the generational and grand challenges caused by climate change. Specifically, the Center works to:
• Accelerate the development of practical climate solutions through innovative, integrative research
• Increase competitiveness for external and private funding for climate solutions
• Educate and train students for the quickly growing cross-sector demand for climate consulting