Climate Change Initiative

The Climate Change Initiative (CCI) brings faculty, students, and communities together to address one of the greatest challenges facing humanity: climate change.

The Initiative draws its members from all six Colleges and Schools of UMass Lowell and from departments and disciplines as diverse as environmental science, public health, engineering, education, management, sociology, art, and others. Learn More.

Also, explore CCI online resources, including curriculum information and modules, research and blog updates.

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5/15/2019 Featured Story

Faculty Experts Brief Legislators on Climate Change

Faculty Experts Brief Legislators on Climate Change

The university’s Climate Change Initiative hosted members of the state’s House Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change for a roundtable discussion on climate science and policy at which faculty members shared scientific research and expertise to help inform policy decisions.

5/15/2019 Featured Story
4/24/2019 Featured Story

UML Celebrates Energy Savings, Sustainability on Earth Day

UML Celebrates Energy Savings, Sustainability on Earth Day

The university marked two major milestones at its Earth Day celebration: the completion of its $23.1 million Accelerated Energy Program and its latest STARS Gold rating, which moves UML into the top 10 nationally.

4/24/2019 Featured Story
4/12/2019 Featured Story

S.E.E.D. Grants Cultivate 12 New Campus Sustainability Projects

S.E.E.D. Grants Cultivate 12 New Campus Sustainability Projects

Six of the 12 projects to receive a share of the $50,000 Sustainability Encouragement & Enrichment Development (S.E.E.D.) Fund this year were led by students, the most in the fund’s three-year history.

4/12/2019 Featured Story
12/17/2018 Featured Story

Image is Everything at Climate Change Teach-In

Image is Everything at Climate Change Teach-In

The 2018 David Lustick Climate Change Teach-In, “Invisibilities: Seeing and Unseeing the Anthropocene,” explored how images can both shape and obscure our understanding of climate and environment. It was organized by Assoc. Prof. of Art History Kirsten Swenson as part of the IDEA Leadership Grant Initiative.

12/17/2018 Featured Story

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