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International Food Policy Research Institute | Aug 09, 2017
Only if the government provides subsidies to farmers who invest in the practice, suggests study co-authored by MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek
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Jul 20, 2017
Study highlights need to improve modeling of carbon-rich Northern Eurasia
![“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.” MIT-Future-Irrigation.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/MIT-Future-Irrigation.jpg?itok=ITuqF_6D)
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MIT News | Jul 11, 2017
By 2050, the Southwest will produce significantly less cotton and forage, researchers report
![Photo: Joint Program-affiliated PhD student Sarah Fletcher (MIT Engineering Systems) (right) with (from left) Abby Onencan (Delft University of Technology), Joint Program research assistant Kathleen Mulvaney (MIT Technology and Policy Program), Kunbi Adetona (University of Calgary) and Anjuli Jain Figueroa (MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering), at the Technology Management and Policy Graduate Consortium in June in Stony Brook, New York (Photo courtesy of Sarah Fletcher) Fletcher_Awards_Photo.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Fletcher_Awards_Photo.jpg?itok=oy25bGTI)
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Jun 28, 2017
Sarah Fletcher receives new graduate fellowship and “Best Presentation” award
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Chaire Economie du Climat | Jun 23, 2017
Chaire Economie du Climat: Jonathan B. Wiener, J.D., author of a new essay on the current status and possible future of U.S. climate policies, spoke on this topic at the XL (40th) MIT Global Change Forum in March.
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Global Changes - Spring 2017 Newsletter | Jun 09, 2017
IN THIS ISSUE: Future of forests under climate change / More extreme storms ahead for California / Charting a better future for Africa / Monitoring mercury
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MIT News | Jun 07, 2017
Award-winning paper by Arun Singh shows how one of the world’s fastest-growing economies can expand its energy consumption while limiting emissions
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MIT News | Jun 05, 2017
A message to the MIT community from MIT President L. Rafael Reif
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MIT News | Jun 02, 2017
Correcting the record on the US President's reference to MIT research