2021: Moving Cornell’s Carbon Budget Into the Red (IIF Momentum Funding)
Cornell has led higher education in the effort to achieve carbon neutrality. Thus far, this work has focused on emissions from campus facilities, energy use, and commuting. As we try to stop climate change, we now aim to reduce the whole carbon budget, including carbon emitted upstream of Cornell by purchasing and procurement. In addition, innovations in carbon dioxide removal technologies being developed here at Cornell could potentially improve the carbon budget, as well as providing a scalable set of technologies for the rest of the U.S. and the world. This project funds two young scholars to work with campus groups and external partners like The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) over the next year, to determine what pathways will best reduce carbon dioxide emissions on Cornell’s campus.
Cornell Investigators: Natalie Mahowald (ENG/EAS), Fengqi You (ENG/CHEME)
The Sustainability Consortium (TSC)