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Fernando J. Gómez Featured in Newsletter

“What makes me hopeful is seeing how quickly innovation and collaboration can drive positive change when we bring the right stakeholders together. Through our initiatives at the Forum, I’ve witnessed how commitment from diverse partners can accelerate solutions to complex challenges, whether it’s advancing circular economy solutions or building climate resilience.” –Fernando J. Gómez, Head, Resource…

“Carbon Dioxide Utilization Markets and Infrastructure: Status and Opportunities” report now available!

Carbon materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals. Reaching net-zero emissions will require replacing existing fossil-carbon-based systems with circular-carbon economies that transform wastes like carbon dioxide into useful materials.   A new National Academies’ report, Carbon Dioxide Utilization Markets and Infrastructure: Status and Opportunities, evaluates market opportunities…

U-M TCAUP Receives Catalyst Grant

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…

Covestro CEO Dr. Markus Steilemann Featured in Newsletter

“My north star is the Covestro vision of making the world a brighter place. This applies to conserving our environment and creating a sustainable economic order that unites value creation and wellbeing. And… we need fair, integrative societies that are more just, more tolerant and more cohesive.”  This issue features Dr. Markus Steilemann, Chairman of the Management…

Volker Sick and Colleagues Publish on Infrastructure and Climate Change Solutions

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…