Center for the Economics of Sustainability

Center for the Economics of Sustainability
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In Focus
Methods & Measurement Do asset transfers build household resilience?

When households escape poverty, how likely is it they will fall back in the future?

Resilient cattle farmer
In Focus
Methods & Measurement Do asset transfers build household resilience?

When households escape poverty, how likely is it they will fall back in the future?

little brown bat
In Focus
Fighting white-nose syndrome in bats benefits agriculture, study shows

URBANA, Ill.

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In Focus
Green roofs are worth the cost for urban residents

URBANA, Ill. ­– Plant-covered roofs have become a regular sight in Portland, Oregon.

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In Focus
Preventing pandemics starts with protecting wildlife

Two years after COVID-19 emerged, researchers have provided three cost-effective actions to help decision-makers prevent future pandemics by stopping “spillover” of diseases from animals into humans: better surveillance of pathogens, better manage

Why it Matters.

The Center for the Economics of Sustainability harnesses economics to promote prosperity and human well-being now and in the future with a balance of reliable food, water and energy systems, environmental quality, and community development. Our research helps inform environmental policy and resource management decisions in Illinois — and around the world.

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CEOS economist part of interdisciplinary team that received $5M to reduce synthetic nitrogen fertilizer in corn production
January 14, 2025
10:00 AM

The U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $5 million in funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and partner institutions to develop a new variety of corn called NSave that will reduce nitrogen fertilizer use and greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining crop yield.

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