News + Media: Climate Policy
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![Photo: As global warming edges closer to 1.5°C—the aspirational upper limit set in the Paris Agreement—ushering in more intense and frequent heatwaves, floods, wildfires and other climate extremes much sooner than many expected, current greenhouse gas emissions-reduction policies are far too weak to keep the planet from exceeding that threshold. The 2023 Global Change Outlook presents the MIT Joint Program’s latest projections for the future of the Earth’s energy, food, water and climate systems under existing global climate policies and those aligned with the 1.5°C target—and evaluates prospects for achieving the Paris Agreement’s short- and long-term climate goals. (Source: iStock/Eric Overton) Cover_WEB.png](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Cover_WEB.png?itok=OVjxnZeH)
News Release
MIT News | Nov 29, 2023
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Commentary
The Hill | Nov 28, 2023
![To prevent worsening and potentially irreversible effects of climate change, the world’s average temperature should not exceed that of preindustrial times by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). But why 1.5 degrees C? Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT MIT-explainer-15c-01-press_0.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-explainer-15c-01-press_0.jpg?itok=Sy70ho1h)
![Joint Amundi/MIT Joint Program research paper connects long-term climate scenarios with corresponding financial impacts at the company level (Source: Amundi) Amundi_JP_RPT_WEB.png](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/Amundi_JP_RPT_WEB.png?itok=uy0TLUTR)
![Kerry Emanuel discusses sea level rise during a civil discourse on climate change. Photo: Kevin Ly Kerry Emanuel discusses sea level rise during a civil discourse on climate change. Photo: Kevin Ly](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/CD1_F23_KBLY_11.jpg?itok=B1-l_myh)
Around Campus
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | Nov 20, 2023
![AGAGE scientists, collaborators and invited guests from research institutions around the world—many representing dozens more researchers at their home institutions—at the ALE/GAGE/AGAGE network’s 45th anniversary conference on October 8-13 at the MIT Endicott House (Photo by Mark Dwortzan) AGAGE scientists, collaborators and invited guests from research institutions around the world—many representing dozens more researchers at their home institutions—at the ALE/GAGE/AGAGE network’s 45th anniversary conference on October 8-13 at the MIT Endicott House (Photo by Mark Dwortzan)](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/AGAGE%20scientists%20and%20invited%20guests%20at%20the%20AGAGE%20network%E2%80%99s%2045th%20anniversary%20conference%20on%20October%208-13%20at%20the%20MIT%20Endicott%20House%20%28Photo%20by%20Kathy%20Thompson%29_WEB.jpg?itok=Oe1nPSds)
![Photo: AGU Fall Meeting Central Exhibit Hall (Source: AGU) AGU_2020_0_0.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/AGU_2020_0_0_0.jpg?itok=9Vk_hfZx)
![The ozone layer in the stratosphere shields life on Earth from most UV-B and UV-C, the most harmful varieties of ultraviolet radiation (Source: NASA) Eastham_WashPo_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/Eastham_WashPo_WEB.jpg?itok=m1NuLh7E)
In The News
Washington Post | Sep 22, 2023