Assess students' ability to design a multidisciplinary graduate research program that develops and tests urban green infrastructure strategies (plant selection, soil management, hydrology, landscape design) to maximize carbon sequestration, biodiversity, and equitable socio-economic co-benefits under projected 2050 climate scenarios. Require clear experimental protocols, predictive-modeling approaches (climate, biogeochemical, hydrologic, socio-ecological), monitoring frameworks and metrics, sampling/statistical power, stakeholder engagement, ethical considerations, and pathways for policy and community translation.