Global Centers Track 1: CLEETS - CLean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions

公路运输对全球市场和经济至关重要。然而，它仍然主要由化石燃料提供动力，也是影响公众健康和气候的污染物和碳排放的重要来源。道路运输和能源部门约占全球二氧化碳排放量的75%。“清洁能源和公平交通解决方案(CLEETS)”全球中心专注于加速清洁能源解决方案，以实现道路交通的脱碳。在伊利诺伊大学系统的领导下，它利用了美国(亚利桑那州立大学、大气研究大学公司)和英国(伯明翰大学、卡迪夫大学)的专业知识和资源。它让社区、政府和行业合作伙伴参与制定可持续的交通战略。研究人员评估交通能源基础设施的状况，并对其进行优化，以加快向零排放清洁能源和互联汽车(CECV)的过渡。该中心通过在国际政府、行业和最终用户之间发展融合的科学和技术伙伴关系来实现这一目标。它量化了清洁交通对公共健康和经济的预期影响。它审查影响CECV的数据和网络安全问题。它揭示了治理和政策变化情景，使清洁交通选择考虑到技术创新、经济繁荣、公共健康和最低碳排放。这一NSF奖项还为美国机构的本科生和研究生以及职业生涯早期的科学家提供支持和培训，以及面向K-12学生、教师和公众的教育推广。更具体地说，全球中心为社区和政策制定者设计了严格的决策支持工具。CLEETS使用一种系统的方法来告知和指导过渡，同时保持繁荣和应对气候影响。这种多学科方法的试验田是三个拥有共同特征的地区：美国和南威尔士的五大湖巨型地区，以及英国的西米德兰兹郡。这三个地区都是制造业中心，拥有密集的公路和高速公路网络，这些国家交通枢纽对经济至关重要，但也威胁着空气质量。这些地区的繁荣还依赖于进口燃料和电力。然而，它们也表现出地理和政府/政策上的差异，这是可以测试的。该奖项由全球中心计划资助，该计划是与澳大利亚、加拿大和英国的资助机构建立的创新合作伙伴关系，旨在共同支持受使用启发的研究，以应对气候变化和清洁能源方面的全球挑战。与英联邦科学与创新研究组织(CSIRO)、加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会(NSERC)、加拿大社会科学与人文研究理事会(SSHRC)和英国研究与创新(UKRI)的合作伙伴关系利用资源来应对比一个资助机构单独可能面临的更大规模的挑战。该中心由NSF和英国RIR共同支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Road transportation is essential to the global market and the economy. However, still largely powered by fossil fuel, it is also an important source of pollutants and carbon emissions which impact public health and the climate. Road transportation and the energy sector account for ~75 percent of all global carbon dioxide emissions. The "CLean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions (CLEETS)" Global Center focuses on accelerating clean energy solutions to decarbonize road transportation. Led by the University of Illinois System, it leverages expertise and resources in the U.S. (Arizona State University, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) and the U.K. (University of Birmingham, Cardiff University). It engages community, governmental, and industrial partners to develop sustainable transportation strategies. The researchers assess the state of transport energy infrastructure and optimize it to accelerate the transition to zero-emission clean energy and connected vehicles (CECVs). The Center accomplishes this by developing converging scientific and technical partnerships among international governments, industries, and end users. It quantifies the anticipated impact of clean transportation on public health and the economy. It examines data and cybersecurity issues that affect CECVs. It unveils governance and policy change scenarios that enable clean transportation options accounting for technological innovations, economic prosperity, public health, and minimum carbon emissions. This NSF award also provides support and training for undergraduate and graduate students, and early-career scientists, at U.S. institutions, as well as educational outreach toward K-12 students, teachers, and the public. More specifically, the Global Center designs rigorous decision-support tools for communities and policymakers. CLEETS uses a systems approach to inform and guide the transition while maintaining prosperity and addressing climate impacts. The test beds for this multidisciplinary approach are three regions sharing common traits: the Great Lakes Megaregion in the U.S. and South Wales and the West Midlands in the UK. All three regions are manufacturing hubs with dense networks of roads and highways, national transport intersections vital for the economy yet threatening air quality. These regions' prosperity also depends on imported fuels and electricity. Yet, they also exhibit geographic and governmental/policy differences which can be tested. This award is funded by the Global Centers program, an innovative partnership with funding agencies in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, to jointly support use-inspired research addressing global challenges in climate change and clean energy. Partnerships with the Commonwealth Science and Innovation Research Organisation (CSIRO), Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) leverage resources to tackle challenges at a larger scale than would be possible for one funding agency alone. This Center is jointly supported by NSF and UKRI.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.