The question is no longer whether global warming is upon us … but how we can rise to its challenge.
MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is a world leader in this effort. Our many activities cohere around one strategy: science and policy have to work together.
Climate change is complex; so, understanding it requires cutting-edge scientific research. Applying that research to moderate the most dangerous effects of climate change requires unprecedented action and cooperation across national boundaries.
Advancing both frontiers – research on natural science and on economic policy – is our unique mission.
Recent Reprints:
♦ Probabilistic forecast for 21st century climate based on uncertainties in emissions (without policy) and climate parameters
♦ The sensitivity of tropical convective precipitation to the direct radiative forcing of black carbon aersols emitted from major regions
♦ Coastal adaptation and economic tipping points
MIT News releases:
♦ 3 Questions on the cost of climate-change legislation
♦ Renewable fuels may have hidden costs
♦ Greenhouse gases made visible
Recent Reports:
♦ Analysis of climate policy targets under uncertainty
♦ Cost of climate policy and the Waxman-Markey bill
♦ Global health and economic impacts of future ozone pollution
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Communicating risk, uncertainty, and the value of climate policy
