Angela Kent is leading a research team that is developing a new type of corn that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while also maintaining crop yield. The Department of Energy recently announced new ARPA-E funding for the project.
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Welcome to the iCAP Portal
The Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) is the strategic framework for meeting our Climate Leadership Commitments to be carbon-neutral by 2050 and build resilience with our local community.
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Objectives Dashboard
Our Objectives Dashboard links iCAP Objectives to key performance metrics tracking our progress toward achieving the Climate Leadership Commitments.
Total Campus GHG Emissions
Highlights
Sustainability Themes
iCAP Projects are organized into ten themes to help you find the projects of interest to you: Energy, Transportation, Water, Zero Waste, Land, Reporting, Outreach, Education, Research, and Funding.
Image Gallery
Many projects have associated image galleries. You can see the images for a project by visiting the project page or view the site-wide image gallery:
Suggestions?
If you have an idea to share or know of an existing project not listed here, we want to know about it! All the iCAP Projects began as someone's suggestion.
Illini Lights Out began as a student suggestion!