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A “living laboratory” for climate solutions will rise on the idyllic 172-acre island off Lower Manhattan, led by Stony Brook University.

The center for climate research, education and job training is expected to create thousands of jobs, serve kindergarten through graduate students and incubate businesses.

The 172-acre site on the island off Lower Manhattan will be home to what Mayor Eric Adams and other officials dubbed the "New York Climate Exchange,'' describing it a first-in-the-nation research, education and jobs hub to develop solutions to the climate crisis.

A $700-million, 400,000-square-foot campus, called the 'New York Climate Exchange,' will be the center of a climate research, education and jobs hub on Governors Island.

Stony Brook University has propelled itself to the forefront of a massive development project on Governors Island in New York City that will convene leaders in research and academia to study climate science.

The announcement caps off a decades-long effort by city officials to make innovative use of the bucolic island off of the southern tip of Manhattan.

Simons Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies pledge $150M in combined support for Stony Brook-led “The New York Climate Exchange”

New York City selected Stony Brook to create a $700 million center on Governors Island for researching and developing climate solutions.

The SUNY school on Long Island will lead a partnership of academic institutions, nonprofits, and community groups to come up with climate solutions.

A new 400,000-square-foot climate campus scheme for New York City’s Governors Island has been unveiled by SOM and Mayor Eric Adams at the close of a two-year competitive bids process for a project that is expected to support cutting-edge environmental research while creating green jobs and...