In 1910 he became the first man born in Trieste to be nominated Senator, in the XXIII Legislation of the Kingdom of Italy.

Ciamician saw the possibility to use photochemical devices that utilize solar energy to produce fuels to power the human civilization and called for their development.

They would not only make humanity independent from coal, but could also rebalance the economic gap between rich and poor countries.

His vision makes him one early proponents of artificial photosynthesis:[6][7] On the arid lands there will spring up industrial colonies without smoke and without smokestacks; forests of glass tubes will extend over the plains and glass buildings will rise everywhere; inside of these will take place the photochemical processes that hitherto have been the guarded secret of the plants, but that will have been mastered by human industry which will know how to make them bear even more abundant fruit than nature, for nature is not in a hurry and mankind is.

[8]Ciamician received the honorary Doctor of Laws (DLL) from the University of Glasgow in June 1901.