Global CO2 Initiative

1. April 13, 2023

   Innovation fund aids campus sustainability projects

   The Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund recently awarded $98,000 in grants to five on-campus projects by students, faculty and staff that are designed to reduce U-M’s environmental impact.

2. February 2, 2021

   Study helps quantify CO2 emissions from virtual conferences

   Virtual conferencing that has replaced large, in-person gatherings in the age of COVID-19 represents a drastic reduction in carbon emissions, but those online meetings still have environmental costs, U-M research shows.

3. August 8, 2018

   Initiative aspires to turn greenhouse gas into profitable products

   Removing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it into useful products is the long-term goal of U-M’s new Global CO2 Initiative.