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占全球二氧化碳排放量的75%。“Clean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions（CLEETS）”全球中心致力于加速清洁能源解决方案，以实现道路运输脱碳。由伊利诺伊大学系统领导，它利用美国（亚利桑那州立大学，大学大气研究公司）和英国的专业知识和资源。（伯明翰大学、卡迪夫大学）。它让社区、政府和工业合作伙伴参与制定可持续交通战略。研究人员评估了交通能源基础设施的状况，并对其进行了优化，以加速向零排放清洁能源和互联车辆（CECV）的过渡。该中心通过在国际政府，行业和最终用户之间建立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卫生和经济的预期影响。它检查了影响CECV的数据和网络安全问题。它揭示了治理和政策变化的情景，使清洁交通选择占技术创新，经济繁荣，公共卫生和最低的碳排放。该奖项还为美国机构的本科生和研究生以及早期职业科学家提供支持和培训，以及对K-12学生，教师和公众的教育推广。 更具体地说，全球中心为社区和决策者设计了严格的决策支持工具。CLEETS使用系统方法来通知和指导过渡，同时保持繁荣和应对气候影响。这种多学科方法的试验台是三个具有共同特征的地区：美国的五大湖、南威尔士和英国的西米德兰兹。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，是国家交通枢纽，对经济至关重要，但也威胁着空气质量。这些地区的繁荣也依赖于进口燃料和电力。然而，它们也表现出地理和政府/政策的差异，可以测试。该奖项由全球中心计划资助，该计划与澳大利亚，加拿大和英国的资助机构建立了创新伙伴关系，共同支持以使用为灵感的研究，以应对气候变化和清洁能源的全球挑战。与联邦科学与创新研究组织（CSIRO），加拿大自然科学和工程研究理事会（NSERC），加拿大社会科学和人文科学研究理事会（SSHRC）和英国研究与创新（UKRI）的伙伴关系利用资源，以更大的规模应对挑战，而不是单独一个资助机构。该中心由NSF和UKRI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知识价值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.