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 Reports:
♦ The cost of climate policy in the US
♦ A representation of the temporal variation of total GHG levels expressed as equivalent levels of CO2
Recent Reprints:
♦ Energy scenarios for East Asia, 2005-2025
♦ Constraining climate model parameters from observations
♦ Designing a US market for CO2
♦ Over-allocation or abatement in the EU ETS
Recent Book: Transportation in a climate-constrained world
Newest Sponsors: Repsol, DONG Energy, GDF Suez
Recent MIT News:
♦ Climate change odds much worse than thought
♦ Greenhouse gases made visible
Communicating risk, uncertainty, and the value of climate policy
