Our neighborhoods have a significant impact on our health and well-being. Environmental measures like air quality, heat, traffic levels, and access to greenspace all contribute to our quality of life. These factors vary widely between communities, with some bearing a far greater environmental burden than others. How do we create conditions and environments that positively support health and well-being for all?

Policymakers have set ambitious targets for reducing carbon emissions that would require dramatic changes to our energy, transportation, industrial, and regulatory systems. Successfully managing the transition to a carbonless future will require innovations in technology, infrastructure, policy, and behavior, as well as analyses that can support better decisionmaking and the avoidance of undesirable consequences.

We are in the midst of multiple crises: inadequate fresh water, limited arable land, poor air quality, and species extinctions. New, agile, affordable, and scalable solutions are needed to help communities throughout the world better understand, adapt to, and solve the multiple challenges brought on by the changing climate.