Air

Air encompasses monitoring and improving air quality, reducing pollutants, and addressing carbon emissions.

Subthemes

Air quality – Refers to the cleanliness and safety of the air we breathe, addressing issues like pollution and its impact on health.
Carbon – Refers to carbon dioxide and its role in climate change, as well as carbon sequestration and reduction efforts.

Table of Climate Solutions Collaborative programs working on air.

CAP – Carolinas Climate Adaptation Partnership
CCS – Climate Change and Society
CEnREP – Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy
CHHE – Center for Human Health and the Environment
CLP – KIETS Climate Leaders Program
CRSI – Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative
NC PSI – North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative
SCO – State Climate Office of North Carolina
SECASC – Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
SFI – Sustainable Futures Initiative
SO – Sustainability Office

Carolinas Climate Adaptation Partnership

The Carolinas Climate Adaptation Partnership (CAP) works together with communities across the Carolinas to help predict and understand their exposure and vulnerability to climate threats, such as drought, heat and flooding.

Subtheme: Air Quality

Climate Change & Society

The Climate Change & Society (CCS) program provides a bridge between knowledge and action and is designed to give students new skills and knowledge in climate change science and its implications for society to support the development of informed policy and business decisions for a more sustainable and resilient future.

Subtheme: Air Quality

Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy

The Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy (CEnREP) advances environmental solutions by providing leadership in research, outreach, and training of the next generation of environmental economists.

Subthemes: Air Quality and Carbon

Center for Human Health and the Environment

The Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE) applies a systems biology approach, spanning biomolecules to human populations, to understand how environmental stressors impact human health. The goal is to uncover the underlying mechanisms of disease and use this knowledge to mitigate adverse health outcomes.

Subtheme: Air Quality

KIETS Climate Leaders Program

The KIETS Climate Leaders Program (CLP) is designed to build strong partnerships among students, faculty mentors, and internship hosts while working together to develop solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change impacts.

Subthemes: Air Quality and Carbon

Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative

The Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (CRSI) seeks to leverage NC State’s interdisciplinary strengths to find actionable, innovative, and sustainable solutions necessary to inform the transformational choices we face in a changing climate.

Subtheme: Air Quality

North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative

In NC PSI, the brightest minds in academia, government and industry drive vital research that increases crop yields, creates new varieties, extends growing seasons, enhances agricultural and environmental sustainability, and produces new and improved technology.

Subtheme: Carbon

State Climate Office

The State Climate Office of North Carolina is a UNC System Public Service Center dedicated to serving the needs of North Carolinians by translating climate information into useful and usable knowledge, and bridging the gap between scientists, decision-makers, and community members.

Subtheme: Air Quality

Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center

The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC) helps fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate.

Subtheme: Air Quality

Sustainable Futures Initiative

The Sustainable Futures Initiative (SFI) will seek to foster transformative research and on-campus application to provide forward-oriented solutions to our most pressing problems.

Subthemes: Air Quality and Carbon

University Sustainability Office

The NC State University Sustainability Office serves as a centralized resource, fostering collaboration, initiating programs, providing education, and coordinating efforts to integrate sustainability into the university’s culture, while supporting and measuring ongoing sustainability initiatives.

Subtheme: Air Quality