The Global CO2 Initiative is proud to announce that their partners at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning have been awarded a catalyst grant. These catalyst grants, from the Graham Sustainability Institute, fund projects designed to advance potential infrastructure solutions across energy, transportation, and the built environment. The projects will…
Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative, along with Fluor and NYSERDA, are now accepting applications for Year 2 of the program. Join the world’s first and only accelerator dedicated to carbontech, specifically designed to help startups bridge the gap between the technology development challenges of today and the carbontech market and policy landscape of tomorrow. They…
Congratulations are in order for several GCI Faculty Partners: Drs McCrory, Kwabi, Banu, and Taub Both Dr. Charles McCrory and Dr. David Kwabi were on separate cross-disciplinary Negative Emissions Science Teams that recently won awards sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, with additional support from the Climate…
Volker Sick was recently interviewed by Zoë Corbyn of the Guardian about making stuff from CO2 “It’s almost a sin to throw away a valuable resource,” says Volker Sick, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan who directs the Global CO2 Initiative. “The beauty of carbon is you can make so many…
Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor Li and GCI Director, Volker Sick, publish a paper on how Built Infrastructure Renewal and Climate Change Mitigation Can Both Find Solutions in CO2. From technology to policy, the US is thinking about construction differently. The federal government is motivated to address the aging infrastructure across the country, and policy…
It is increasingly acknowledged that carbon dioxide capture and removal is an essential tool in the fight against climate change. Today, Secretary Granholm announced the launch of carbon negative Earthshots to remove gigatons of carbon by 2050. As more government institutions commit to massive carbon removal, the Global CO2 Initiative recommends the following steps that…
