Our Vision
AzCaNE envisions a thriving Arizona economy that reaches carbon-neutrality by 2050, benefiting people, planet and place with no one left behind. Through its strategic mix of focused leadership and defined partnerships, AzCaNE creates a unified platform for Arizona’s carbon-reduction challenges. By serving as a single point of entry, AzCaNE brings together stakeholders across sectors to align efforts, optimize resources, and advance a clear, measurable pathway toward a vibrant, carbon-neutral economy by 2050.
Our Mission
AzCaNE’s ongoing partnerships leverage the strengths of established initiatives and engage relevant stakeholders for the duration of design, demonstration, assessment and deployment. These collaborations ensure the paths toward a carbon-neutral economy are affordable, just, safe, secure, sustainable and reliable.”
Central Convening Authority
By integrating these efforts, AzCaNE positions itself as Arizona’s central convening authority for carbon-neutrality work. Bringing together focused leadership and defined partnerships ensures all activities align with measurable goals, avoid duplication and accelerate progress toward a carbon-neutral economy within a unified platform dedicated to pursuing carbon-neutrality in Arizona.
Core Messages
AzCaNE unites academia, industry, private-sector, governmental and non-governmental groups under one strategic umbrella to address Arizona’s carbon-reduction challenges.
The Center supplies impartial, data-driven comparisons of diverse low-carbon options like hydrogen, renewable natural gas and electrification. This approach clarifies trade-offs, readiness levels and overall regional fit.
State and local leaders, investors and industry experts use these analyses to decide where to direct funding, which projects to advance first and how to align policies that protect air quality, address community needs and make measurable progress toward Arizona’s carbon-neutral economy by 2050.
What: The Center has established itself as a trusted convener, coordinating cross-sector collaboration through biweekly meetings, structured working groups and committees. These meetings pair technical expertise with policy requirements to develop shared roadmaps that move ideas from concept to funded, shovel-ready projects.
Who and why: Public agencies, businesses, community groups, investors and other stakeholders rely on AzCaNE to align goals, avoid duplicative work and translate academic research into practical policy solutions. This lays the foundation for implementing on-the-ground outcomes that drive economic and environmental progress.
AzCaNE supports Arizona’s carbon-neutrality efforts by providing neutral, evidence-based analysis on complex technical and policy issues. The Center produces accessible white papers that clarify trade-offs, address misinformation and inform both public discussion and policy decisions. Through workshops and roundtables, AzCaNE connects government, industry and researchers to surface challenges early and coordinate practical solutions.