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3Q with Michael Davidson

PhD candidate Michael Davidson gathers information at COP22 for his research on renewable energy and climate change policies in China

At COP22 in Morocco, Davidson followed China’s progress toward implementing its commitments under the Paris Agreement and examined how nations’ pledges to reduce carbon emissions are being tracked. More...

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Forging Ahead on Climate Action  

At UN Climate Change Conference, MIT researchers share insights on implementing climate commitments

Joint Program Research Assistants Arun Singh and Michael Davidson came to Marrakech to advance their international climate research and keep abreast of real-time developments in climate policy. More...

 

Around Campus

At Forum, MIT Community Tackles Tough Ethical Questions of Climate Change 

Why it so hard for human beings to address climate change? What can motivate effective action? 

In panel discussion, Joint Program affiliates Kerry Emanuel and Janelle Knox-Hayes recommend stressing the economic advantages of pursuing renewable energy technologies. More...

In the News

MIT: Emissions Trading for Transport = EU’s Cheapest Means of Reducing Transport Emissions

European Union officials reportedly receptive to Joint Program study’s findings

CleanTechnica showcases results of study recently published in the journal Transportation. More...

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Enabling China to Shift from Coal to Natural Gas    

How an enhanced cap-and-trade system can help the world’s top carbon emitter cut emissions and improve air quality

In Climate Change Economics study, Joint Program researchers show that combining a cap-and-trade policy with a natural gas subsidy would keep China on track to meet its climate and natural gas promotion goals. More...

Exploring the Impact of Global Environmental & Economic Change

Science and Policy Working Together

Understanding the complex, long-term changes in our land, air and water requires breakthroughs in measurement, modeling and prediction.

Responding to these changes requires innovative policies that comprehend agriculture, energy needs, trade and finance — along with the political and communications savvy to organize a genuinely global approach.

The Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is MIT's response to these research, analysis, and public education challenges.

At the heart of much of the Program’s work lies MIT’s Integrated Global System Model (IGSM), a linked set of computer models designed to simulate the global environmental changes that arise as a result of human causes. In this way, it explores the interplay between the Earth systems and the human systems. More...

Examines the world's development path and the food, water, energy and climate implications.

This comprehensive tool analyzes interactions amoung humans and the climate system

A collaborative research project with China