Research Partners

AC4 works to enable and support integrative research and practice on sustainable peace, constructive conflict engagement, and sustainable development.

CCSR performs cutting-edge research in the earth, climate, and sustainability sciences to lead efforts with diverse stakeholders to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate.

CIESIN specializes in data/information management, spatial data integration/training, and interdisciplinary research on human interactions in the environment.

CSD helps countries and communities achieve sustainable development by translating the Sustainable Development Goals into meaningful policies and solutions.

CUSD addresses critical urban sustainability, equity, and planning issues through a humanistic, multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach based on strategic systems thinking.

CSAS is working to “connect the dots” from advancing basic climate science to promoting public awareness to advocating policy actions.

CWC aims to design sustainable water management and development models that can be implemented on local, regional, and global levels.

The Earth Institute is a multi-disciplinary community working to address the complex issues facing the planet and its inhabitants, with a focus on the knowledge required to achieve sustainability.

IRI enhances capability to anticipate and manage the impacts of climate to improve human welfare and the environment through applied research, education, and capacity building.

LDEO seeks fundamental knowledge about the origin, evolution, and future of the natural world.

LCSE develops innovative technology to ensure a sufficient supply of environmentally sustainable energy for all humanity.

NCDP works to understand and improve the nation’s capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

Using engineering to help address development issues, the lab utilizes software solutions to help make development planning smarter and to improve the delivery of critical services.

The program’s research informs sustainability decision-making, helps overcome barriers, and hastens the adoption of supportive policy.

The center envisions a world where value is measured according to the sustained well-being of all people and our planet.

CEEP researches the causes, consequences, and policies that can prevent and reverse environmental change to ensure sustainable development.

CRCL uses planning and design to help communities and ecosystems adapt to the pressures of urbanization, inequality, and climate uncertainty.

The center explores the intersection of science and society through innovative interdisciplinary methods.

CSF envisions a regenerative world in which we achieve a balance between planet, people, and prosperity.

CSSD supports collaborative projects that address gender, race, sexuality, and other forms of inequality to foster ethical and progressive social change.

CGEP advances smart, actionable, and evidence-based energy and climate solutions through research, education, and dialogue.

CCSI aligns investment with sustainable development to improve human well-being, reduce inequality, and operate within safe planetary boundaries.

CEEC focuses on strategies to address energy storage and conversion using batteries, fuel cells, and electrolyzers in transformative ways.

A key objective of NASA GISS research is prediction of atmospheric and climate changes in the 21st century.

The center develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains students and lawyers in their use, and provides resources on key topics in climate change law and regulation.