Our Work
From the coastal effects of sea-level rise to catastrophic droughts, urban and rural dwellers alike face increasing risks from climate change. While urban systems and infrastructure must be resilient to rising seas and increasing climate extremes, improved financial security for developing world farmers is essential to reducing climate-induced human migration into cities that would overwhelm urban environments. Cornell Atkinson is innovating technology, financial instruments, and policy to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations and mitigate the impact of droughts, floods, storms, and wildfires while adapting agriculture and the built environment for a low-carbon future.
New York State Climate News
In the new Climate Impact Assessment project, Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed several Cornell faculty to explore how the warming environment will affect New York's communities, ecosystems, and economy. The group will conduct research and then suggest how the state can best prepare for climate change and adapt for the future.
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Projects
To slow and stop the global loss of biodiversity, we must fundamentally rethink our relationship with nature and transform our economic models and market systems. Research in Conservation Finance offers new, long-term, diversified sources of revenue supporting biodiversity conservation.
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Accelerating adoption of regenerative agriculture practices across the Great Lakes basin by developing transition loan products and services to facilitate the transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture.
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The Cornell Climate Engineering group will model adding reflective aerosols into the stratosphere, which may deflect enough sunbeams to reduce Earth's temperature and limit climate change.
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Cornell Atkinson serves as a partner in The Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation, a global multi-stakeholder initiative focused on enabling conditions that support a material increase in private, return-seeking investment in conservation.
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FAST-GHG is a fertilizer and soil tool designed to quantify greenhouse gas emissions in crop production. Developed by Cornell faculty in partnership with NGOs, the tool was included in Walmart’s Project Gigaton.
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According to new research, family values are a much stronger predictor of climate opinions and policy support than political views for U.S. Latinos.
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Developing a powerful new tool to help researchers and policymakers map the global potential for carbon sequestration in soil systems, Johannes Lehmann is proving innovative solutions to combat climate can be grown from the ground up.
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Cornell Atkinson postdoctoral fellows help lead the future of sustainability through innovative, interdisciplinary research collaborations.
Stephen Jane
Education: PhD ’20, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cornell Adviser: Peter McIntyre (CALS/Natural Resources & the Environment) External Partner: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Cindy Kaiying Lin
Education: PhD ’21, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Cornell Advisers: Steven J. Jackson (CIS/Information Science) External Partner: Radiant Earth Foundation
Juliet Lu
Education: PhD ’20, University of California, Berkeley Cornell Adviser: Philip McMichael (CALS/Global Development) External Partner: Mekong Region Land Governance Project
Investigators: Rachel Bezner Kerr, Katja Poveda
Investigators: Taryn Bauerle, Todd Walter, Joe Guinness
Investigators: Christopher Csikszentmihalyi, Phoebe Sengers, Steven Jackson
Investigators: Greeshma Gadikota, Todd Cowen, Johannes Lehmann, F. Garrett Boudinot, Benjamin Houlton
Investigators: Felix Heisel, Kathie Hodge, Rebecca Nelson, Anil Netravali, Prabhu Pingali, Lori Huberman, Marta Wisniewska
Cornell Investigators: Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Dyson School
EDF Investigators: Maggie Monast, Director of Working Lands; Vincent Gauthier; Dave McLaughlin, Economist
Other: Jenny Ifft, Kansas State University
Cornell Investigators: Todd Gerarden, Dyson School
EDF Investigators: Dave McLaughlin, Economist
Cornell Investigator: Gary Evans, Design and Environmental Analysis
EDF Investigator: Elizabeth Brandt Regional Field Manager, Mom’s Clean Air Force; Rainer Romero