Climate Crossroads
The climate is changing in ways that pose increasing risks to people and ecosystems. We are in a crucial window for taking steps to protect the planet and its people. Climate Crossroads harnesses the breadth of the National Academies’ expertise, resources, and advice to catalyze actions to meet the climate crisis.
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Call for Poster Abstracts - Arizona Crossroads: Building the Grid of the Future
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The National Academies’ Climate Crossroads initiative will convene a one-day gathering on October 2, 2026 at the Tempe Center for the Arts to engage experts from utilities, government, academia, and the interested public on opportunities to create a future-ready electricity system with increasing amounts of renewables that provides high reliability and resilience under long durations of extreme heat. The symposium invites upper-level undergraduate, graduate students, and early-career researchers to submit abstracts for posters describing innovative research, analysis, or projects at the intersection of grid infrastructure and operations, energy systems, and extreme heat/climate challenges, particularly work that helps build a future-ready electricity system that can meet growing demand while maintaining reliability and resilience under long durations of extreme heat. Abstracts will be reviewed by planning committee members. Authors must submit their applications by August 26, 2026.
Virtual Event - Climate Conversations: Drought
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Join us on July 30 for a discussion about drought in the United States under a changing climate.
New Webinar for Climate Conversations: Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Update
While air travel has transformed global connectivity, it remains one of the most carbon-intensive modes of transportation and one of the hardest sectors to abate. Join us on June 25 for a conversation that will explore the future of sustainable aviation fuels.
Climate Conversations: Pathways to Action
Seminar/Webinar/Lecture
Climate Conversations: Pathways to Action is a regular virtual event series that aims to convene high-level, cross-cutting, nonpartisan conversations about issues relevant to action on climate change.