Centers & Programs

The centers and programs under AIR work together to integrate research, education, and community engagement to develop local and global strategies for solutions to environmental change.

Collage of images featuring Indigenous people, researchers in the field, agriculture, and more

Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice

Saguaro cactuses covered in snow

Arizona Environment

A saguaro cactus backed by an Arizona sunset

Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science

Large clouds in an otherwise clear blue sky above the University of Arizona

Center for Applied Hydroclimate Sciences

Saguaro cactuses in the foreground with mountains and storm clouds in the background.

Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions

A storm cloud forming over desert plains

Climate Assessment for the Southwest

Silhouettes of saguaros with a setting sun shining through the background

Education Initiatives

Students Hiking

Indigenous Resilience Center

Energy grid with a setting sun in the background

Institute for Energy Solutions

Nets being used off of the coast of a tropical region.

International Resilience Lab

Saguaros on a mountainside with a clear blue sky overhead

Research Impacts & Evaluation

Mesa Arch in Utah during sunset.

Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

The Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill with the city of Tucson in the background

Tumamoc Desert Laboratory

Former AIRES Director Jim Buizer talking with the Director of the Office of Sustainability in a UC3 meeting

University Climate Change Coalition

Photo of WEST Center building

Water & Energy Sustainable Technology Center