News + Media: Policy Scenarios
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Around Campus
MIT Office of the Vice President for Research | Jun 05, 2023
![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
![An MIT study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths. Credits :Image: iStock MIT-Nuclear-Air-01_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Nuclear-Air-01_WEB.jpg?itok=L0z0AR8A)
News Release
MIT News | Apr 10, 2023
![Photo: The XLV (45th) MIT Global Change Forum explored how decision-makers can stay on course in achieving climate change goals as the world confronts multiple and expanding crises. (Source: NASA) Forum Cover_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Forum%20Cover_WEB.jpg?itok=wDeHml8z)
![The Climate Action Through Education (CATE) program is rolling out in pilot form this year in more than a dozen Massachusetts high schools, and eventually in high schools across the United States. Clockwise from left: Eyoel Kahssay, Kenny Eliason, Abbie Trayler-Smith, and Mark König K-CATE_illustration_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/K-CATE_illustration_WEB.jpg?itok=8CYnAAfo)
![Responding to the Climate Threat: Essays on Humanity’s Greatest Challenge (Springer) Jacoby_Book_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Jacoby_Book_WEB.jpg?itok=SPPdG61O)
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News Release
2022 Annual Report of the MIT Joint Program | Feb 28, 2023
![Photo: Emissions from coal-fired power plants increase atmospheric concentrations of climate-destabilizing greenhouse gases and health-damaging air pollutants. Combined climate/air-quality policies could help reduce those concentrations and improve public health. (Source: Flickr/World Bank) Eastham_ACS_WEB.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Eastham_ACS_WEB.jpg?itok=KnIMGrUH)
News Release
MIT News | Feb 14, 2023