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![In a session at the summit, policymakers from Massachusetts and New York sat down with their counterparts from Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec to discuss their accomplishments and challenges in the transition to a low-carbon economy. From left to right: David Cash (moderator), University of Massachusetts at Boston; Jackie Janes, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Office of Climate Change; Katie Theoharides, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Éric Théroux, Québec MDDELCC; and Jared Snyder, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Image: Jake Belcher (MIT) MIT-Climate-Summit-04-PRESS_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Climate-Summit-04-PRESS_WEB.jpg?itok=0wyeXoff)
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MIT News | Dec 13, 2017
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Oct 19, 2017
![Photo: MIT Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly (third from left) served as a facilitator for one of the group discussions on climate adaptation at Deep Dive: Open Innovation on Climate Change, one of several HUBweek events during the week of October, 9, 2017. (Source: MIT Climate CoLab) Reilly_HubWeek_PHOTO.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Reilly_HubWeek_PHOTO.jpg?itok=ASPKJtdE)
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MIT News | Sep 29, 2017
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MIT News | Sep 25, 2017
![Photo: “In the Southwest, water availability for irrigation is already a concern,” says Elodie Blanc, a research scientist at MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. “If we mitigate, this could prevent added stress associated with climate change and a severe decrease in runoff in the western United States. But it will be even worse in the future if we don’t do anything at all.” (Source: MIT) MIT-Future-Irrigation.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Future-Irrigation.jpg?itok=xBBnhucs)
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MIT ClimateX | Sep 25, 2017
![Professor Ernest Moniz speaks at the 2017 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture, titled “Reducing Global Threats: Climate Change and Nuclear Security.” Photo: Jake Belcher MIT-Moniz-Compton-01-press_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Moniz-Compton-01-press_WEB.jpg?itok=RMderA5F)
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Aug 21, 2017