Cover of Microbial Solutions for Climate Change Mitigating the impact of climate change is a challenge that needs innovative multi-faceted solutions. The world must address the causes, manifestations and consequences of climate change to slow or reverse its pace, and to prevent continued damage or undo past damage to human health and well-being. Though currently underrepresented in discussions, microbial technologies provide powerful tools in climate science. Microorganisms have unique and diverse properties relevant to all of these domains. These properties encompass the ability of microorganisms to address—or be designed to address—fundamental aspects of climate change and the threats it poses. The International Union for Microbiological Societies (IUMS) and American Society for Microbiology (ASM) formed a scientific advisory group composed of global experts in diverse areas of microbiology, technology, policy and economics to showcase the potential of microbe-driven solutions to the challenge of climate change. This report highlights 3 microbe-based innovations to help humans adapt to and sustainably mitigate climate change in terms of its pace and deleterious consequences. Microbes for a non-fossil carbon economy. Microbes for food security and ecosystem resilience. Microbes for urgent methane mitigation. The scientific advisory group finds these solutions scientifically sound, economically sustainable, safe and scalable in a 5-15-year period. It is also confident that these solutions will promote social equity and societal well-being more generally, and that they can be tailored to the needs and capacities of local communities, countries and regions. Read the Report View Microbial Solutions Read the Nature Article Scientific Advisory Group Members Rino Rappuoli, Ph.D. (Co-Lead), Fondazione Biotecnopolo di Siena and International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). Nguyen Nguyen, Ph.D., MBA (Co-Lead), American Society for Microbiology. David E. Bloom, Ph.D. , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Charles Brooke, M.S. , Spark Climate Solutions. Alan Dangour, Ph.D. , Wellcome […]