News + Media: Climate Policy



EPA uses scenarios to evaluate gains for agriculture, health and other global concerns



MIT researcher Sergey Paltsev studies how to supply the world's growing need for energy—without harming the climate.


For the 2015 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture, MIT welcomes Professor Mario J. Molina, co-winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and former Institute Professor.

What’s the science behind climate change, and how can we combat a warming climate? Those are complex questions that MIT faculty are actively pursuing. In this podcast, four MIT professors— Dan Cziczo, Kerry Emanuel, Christopher Knittel, and Andrew Whittle—will discuss their climate research on areas including hurricane activity, coastal flooding, carbon dioxide, and economic policy.

Discussion with MIT researchers focuses on issues in ongoing international climate negotiations.