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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
![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)
![Photo: The power sector, which is the main target of current U.S. carbon emissions-reduction policies, contributes to national PM2.5-related exposure, but other sectors, such as industry and heavy-duty diesel transportation, can be a larger influence on exposure disparities. (Source: Flickr/Alan Stark)) Selin_Natcom_WEB2.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Selin_Natcom_WEB2.jpg?itok=dzGvObQw)
![A new database enables real-time monitoring of investments in new technologies and infrastucture that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Credit: iStock MIT_Renewable-Energy-01_0.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT_Renewable-Energy-01_0.jpg?itok=cCyXJY8I)
![Brian Deese at the White House in 2021 (Photo courtesy of the White House) Brian Deese](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/P20210122CW-0144_%2850912466231%29_0.jpg?itok=zKJ02Ec5)
Around Campus
MIT Office of the Provost | Jul 11, 2023
![Image: Rapid decarbonization of power, transportation sectors are key to a successful energy transition. The IRA could drive large increases in wind and solar generation deployment by 2035, up to three times their 2021 record installations. (Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory)](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/map-supply-efs_WEB_0.png?itok=IFhx45ga)
News Release
EPRI | Jul 05, 2023
![As the Earth’s climate changes, larger and longer-burning wildfires are sending smoke farther from their source, often to places that are unaccustomed to the exposure. Credits :Image: iStock MIT_Wildfires-01_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT_Wildfires-01_WEB.jpg?itok=L1yGjcC3)
![Maps indicating transition and physical risks related to fossil fuels: (a) employment in fossil fuels (transition risk); (b) population below poverty level; (c) combined fossil employment and poverty (transition risk); (d) flood risk; (e) combined fossil employment and flood risk (physical risk); and (f) combined fossil employment, flood risk and poverty (both transition and physical risk). (Source: MIT Joint Program) Schlosser_FIC_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Schlosser_FIC_WEB.jpg?itok=Qe-vxpf5)
News Release
Apr 27, 2023
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In The News
Washington Post | Apr 18, 2023