News and Events and Other Outreach
Communication is a key objective of the Program that is pursued through many channels, including news outlets, educational events, professional activities, and the Global Change Forum. The Program places a high priority on conveying our research results, analysis methods and assessment conclusions to a broad range of audiences. These include fellow researchers and students in the climate community, as well as policymakers, industry leaders, environmental organizations, educators, the press, and the public.
Individual Program faculty, staff and graduate students participate in many activities where they communicate the research results and interpret the policy relevance of the analytical work. These venues include workshops and conferences, testimony to policymakers, corporate and government briefings, media interviews, teaching and coursework, seminars and other events, public lectures and presentations, and an extensive collection of publications made available on the Internet.
Recent News Stories
3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislation
November 5, 2009 - MIT News
Renewable fuels may have hidden costs, study says
October 23, 2009 - MIT News
How to limit risk of climate catastrophe
October 2, 2009 - MIT News
A hard rain's gonna fall
August 17, 2009 - MIT News
Greenhouse gases made visible
June 22, 2009 - MIT News
Recent Events
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
2009 MIT Research and Development Conference
8:30 am - 5:00 pm, MIT Kresge Auditorium
This flagship MIT conference showcases a broad sampling of the Institute's most exciting and relevant research. This year's plenary sessions consider ways to leverage R&D resources in the current economic environment. In addition, attendees may choose among a number of parallel research tracks i ... More
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Running Out of Water: What's the Problem, What's the Solution?
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, MIT E51-Wong Auditorium
Speakers: Peter Rogers (Harvard), John Briscoe (Harvard), Franklin Fisher (MIT), Susan Murcott (MIT). Abstract: The world's population explosion is overwhelming the supply of water. Climate change and pollution are reducing the availability of useable water. The consequences are water deficit ... More
Friday, October 30, 2009
Engineering a Cooler Earth: Can We Do It? Should We Try?
8:15 am - 5:30 pm, MIT E51-115, Wong Auditorium
This symposium assembles a panel of expert scientists and thinkers for an invigorating day of rigorous discourse on a topic of pressing global importance. Co-sponsored by the MIT Earth System Initiative, the MIT Energy Initiative, and the MIT Center for Global Change Science, the agenda is arranged ... More
Friday, October 30, 2009
Climate Change as an Issue of Business Strategy
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, MIT E40-298
Speaker: Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. Abstract: Within business, climate change should not be seen as an environmental issue; instead it should be viewed as a market shift, one that takes the form of both systemic risks that ... More
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Facing the Harsh Realities: Shaping the Energy Mix of the Future, Starting Today
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm, MIT 10-250
Tony Hayward, CEO of BP plc., will address the tough policy and investment choices involved in navigating towards a lower-carbon world. How will the energy mix evolve in transportation and power generation? What technologies are available? And what actions do governments need to take to create the r ... More