Water

Water encompasses water management, marine and coastal conservation, and flooding. It includes efforts to maintain and improve water quality, ensure sustainable water quantity, promote marine ecosystems' economic viability, manage fisheries sustainably, improve coastal resilience, and mitigate risks associated with flooding events.

Subthemes

Water quality – Addresses the cleanliness and purity of water, assessing its suitability for various uses (e.g., drinking, agriculture, recreation).
Water quantity – Refers to the availability and amount of water resources, addressing concerns related to water scarcity or abundance.
Marine economics – Involves the management, conservation, and sustainable use of resources in marine and coastal environments, such as fisheries management and aquaculture.
Fisheries management – Includes the responsible oversight and regulation of fishing practices to ensure the long-term health and sustainability of fish populations and marine ecosystems.
Coastal resilience – Considers the ability of coastal communities and ecosystems to withstand, recover from, and adapt to the impacts of various stressors
Flooding – Occurs when an area is overfilled with water, often due to heavy rain or rising water levels.

Table of Climate Solutions Collaborative programs working on water.

CAP – Carolinas Climate Adaptation Partnership
CCS – Climate Change and Society
CDDL – Coastal Dynamics Design Lab
CEnREP – Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy
CGA – Center for Geospatial Analytics
CHHE – Center for Human Health and the Environment
CLP – KIETS Climate Leaders Program
CRSI – Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative
DSA – Data Science Academy
GGA – Genetics and Genomics Academy
GOHA – Global One Health Academy
ITRE – Institute for Transportation Research and Education
NC C-CAPE – North Carolina Center for Coastal Algae, People and Environment
NC SG – North Carolina Sea Grant
NC WRRI – North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute
SCO – State Climate Office of North Carolina
SECASC – Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
SFI – Sustainable Futures InitiativeSO – 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.

Subthemes: Water Quality, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

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.

Subthemes: Water Quality, Water Quantity, and Coastal Resilience

Coastal Dynamics Design Lab

The Coastal Dynamics Design Lab (CDDL) seeks to couple designers with scientists and local stakeholders to create innovative, sustainable, adaptable, and resilient design solutions that address the environmental and human needs of coastal communities.

Subthemes: Water Quality, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

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: Water Quality, Water Quantity, Marine Economics, Fisheries Management, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

Center for Geospatial Analytics

The Center for Geospatial Analytics pushes the boundaries of geospatial data science to make discoveries and get important work done. It works to apply geospatial analytics to a host of problems, all with a common purpose of advancing innovative solutions to grand societal challenges.

Subthemes: Water Quality, Water Quantity, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

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.

Subthemes: Water Quality and Flooding

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: Water Quality, Water Quantity, Marine Economics, Fisheries Management, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

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.
Subthemes: Water Quality, Water Quantity, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

Data Science and AI Academy

The NC State Data Science and AI Academy (DSA) connects and supports interdisciplinary teams of researchers. They provide collaborative consulting, seed grants and proposal developments. They collaborate to develop new courses, badges, certificates and minors and allow articulation of our 1-credit project-based courses into degree programs. They also collaborate on outreach to K-12 teachers and students through Data Explorers and up-skill professionals through Data at Work.

Subtheme: Transformation

Global One Health Academy

The Global One Health Academy engages faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students in improving the health of plants, animals, biodiversity and human society in North Carolina and beyond.

Subtheme: Water Quality

Institute for Transportation Research and Education

Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) focuses on making transportation safer, more equitable and more accessible for all through surface and air transportation research, technical services and workforce training.

Subthemes: Coastal Resilience and Flooding

North Carolina Center for Coastal Algae, People and Environment

NC C-CAPE will provide the necessary research to improve cyanobacteria and toxin monitoring; inform guideline values for the safe consumption of water and seafood; deliver predictive tools to assess emergent and future toxin exposure risk; and leverage community engagement initiatives to fill data gaps and protect ocean and human health.

Subthemes: Water Quality, Water Quantity, Fisheries Management, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

North Carolina Sea Grant

North Carolina Sea Grant builds more resilient communities and economies, supports sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, promotes healthy coastal ecosystems, enhances environmental education, and fosters workforce development.

Subthemes: Water Quality, Water Quantity, Fisheries Management, and Coastal Resilience

North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute

Through integrated research, community engagement, and outreach efforts, the North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute promotes understanding of critical water issues and supports the sustainable use and conservation of water resources to benefit communities, ecosystems, and economies.

Subthemes: Water Quality, Water Quantity, and Flooding

State Climate Office of North Carolina

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.

Subthemes: Water Quantity, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

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.

Subthemes: Water Quality, Water Quantity, Fisheries Management, Coastal Resilience, and Flooding

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: Water Quality, Water Quantity, and Flooding

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: Water Quality