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Led by World Bank and IMF, coalition seeks to price emissions to tackle climate change
While China is currently moving ahead with a national carbon market covering large emitters, an ongoing question remains whether and how the country might also directly restrict the use of coal to tackle the triple threat of air pollution, climate change and energy insecurity. One option under...
The energy giant signals a change in its thinking
How much will your cost of living rise if a price is put on carbon? According to a new study in The Energy Journal, the answer may depend on where you live—and how policymakers define who’s ultimately responsible for human-made carbon emissions.
Joint Program immerses MIT Open House visitors in climate science and policy
Grad student Jesse Jenkins and professor Valerie Karplus discuss challenges of emissions pricing in a new paper
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Comprehensive fundraising initiative aims to raise $5 billion to advance Institute's work on some of the world's biggest challenges
One round‑trip flight between New York and San Francisco generates two to three tons of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger, more than 10 percent of the annual carbon footprint of the typical American. The aircraft further heats up the climate through the cloudlike contrails (condensation...
As the world strives for a low‑carbon future, the search is on for fuels that are both emissions‑free and cost‑competitive with fossil fuels. One way to estimate how low alternative fuels must be priced to go head‑to‑head with fossil fuels is to run the Joint Program’s Economic Projection and...