Climate Solutions
Accelerator Projects

Projects designed to foster impactful research and bring effective climate solutions to communities in Pennsylvania and around the world.

2025 Projects

In 2025, the Climate Solutions Accelerator program funded five Level 1 Workshops. Level 1 Workshops provide resources to establish or advance teams and develop ideas for further funding or implementation. Level 2 Projects aim to implement promising climate solutions through interdisciplinary and community partnerships.

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Co-Design Climate Resilient Community Health and Climate Justice in Harrisburg, Pa.

Justice & Ethics
Health & Well-Being
Built Environment & Transportation
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Designing the Future of Recovery: Catalyzing Conversations on Community-Centric Resilient Housing Solutions in Rural Appalachia

Built Environment & Transportation
Health & Well-Being
Justice & Ethics
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Furthering Indigenous Female-Led Nature-Based Climate Solutions through Land Rights and Carbon Onsets in the Global South

Indigenous & Local Knowledge Systems
Justice & Ethics
Nature-Based Strategies
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Integrated CO2 Mineralization and Critical Mineral Recovery for Sustainable Urban and Transportation Systems

Built Environment & Transportation
Energy Transition
Finance & Business Innovation
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Research Program for Assisted Subnational Climate Planning

Policy & Governance
Public Engagement, Communication, & Behavioral Change

2024 Projects

In 2024, the Climate Solutions Accelerator program funded eleven Level 1 Workshops and four Level 2 Projects. Level 1 Workshops provide resources to establish or advance teams and develop ideas for further funding or implementation. Level 2 Projects aim to implement promising climate solutions through interdisciplinary and community partnerships.

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Augmenting Climate Transition across the Atlantic Transect: Extension-driven Solutions to Implementing Socially Responsible, High-Integrity Forest Carbon Offsets

Nature-Based Strategies
Policy & Governance
Finance & Business Innovation
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Biomaterials and Nature-Based Solutions: Achieving a Sustainable, Decarbonized, and Climate-Resilient Built Environment

Nature-Based Strategies
Built Environment & Transportation
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Building Capacity for Subnational Climate Action

Policy & Governance
Public Engagement, Communication, & Behavioral Change
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Carbon Management: Capture, Transport, and Geological Storage

Energy Transition
Finance & Business Innovation
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Climate-Driven Pluvial Flooding: Impacts on Environmental Non-Migrants in Central Pennsylvania

Health & Well-Being
Justice & Ethics
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Developing and Evaluating Climate Solutions Educational Strategies through Leave No Trace

Public Engagement, Communication, & Behavioral Change
Health & Well-Being
Nature-Based Strategies
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Developing Transformative Youth-Centered Research Agendas & Intergenerational Collaborations to Foster Climate Justice Solutions

Justice & Ethics
Policy & Governance
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Implementing State-Level Climate Change Policy and Management for Water Resources

Policy & Governance
Change & Risk
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Penn State – Belizean Foundation for Research and Environmental Education Consortium Workshop: Agroforestry Systems for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Solutions to Climate Change and Ecosystem Conservation

Nature-Based Strategies
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Penn State Mineral Dust and GeoHealth Workshop

Energy Transition
Health & Well-Being
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Resilience and Equity in Addressing Climate Health

Health & Well-BeingPolicy & Governance

Public Engagement, Communication, & Behavioral Change
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Protecting Indigenous Lands and Promoting Ethical Conservation Practices Through Design of a Sustainable Environmental Monitoring Network

Indigenous & Local Knowledge Systems
Justice & Ethics
Nature-based Strategies
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Scaling One Health Approach through Multistakeholder Engagement in Arthropod Adaptations to Ecosystem Plasticity Associated with Climate Change

Change & Risk
Health & Well-Being
Policy & Governance
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