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Sierra joins the group drawn from EPIC’s extensive network of experts who provide strategic counsel to EPIC leadership.

The cohort of former senior climate and energy leaders to enrich the UChicago community and share knowledge.

Former White House Special Assistant Avi Zevin and former Heritage Foundation Deputy Director Nick Loris will share their insights on the policy implications of energy and climate research from UChicago faculty.

Three independent actors across Nigeria are building an air pollution monitoring network community of efforts to drive policy action. High-quality, open and real-time tracked data is enabling government agencies and researchers to identify hotspots, inform policy, and forge new partnerships...

Climate change has increased childhood malaria and could continue to do so in southern and East Africa where communities are less experienced at tackling the disease, while reducing the risk in today’s hotspots as temperatures become too high for mosquitoes.

AI data centers could reliably commit 40% of their electricity demand as flexible load, easing the reliability gap without waiting years for new power plants to be built.

The EPIC Clean Air Program served as a key thought partner at the 2026 Africa Clean Air Forum in Pretoria, South Africa, helping to advance high-level dialogue to expand air quality monitoring and action across the continent.

Climate change’s unequal impacts highlight the urgent need to discover innovative adaptation strategies in today’s poor and hot countries.

Seven pioneering environmental leaders from across the globe were honored at the Africa Clean Air Forum for achieving national-level impact and transforming how their respective nations talk about—and tackle—air pollution.

Close to 400 applications from 83 highly-polluted countries with limited open air quality data applied for this year’s call for proposals, representing a deep pool of untapped talent working to drive national-level policy change.