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The announcement of a joint pledge to cut emissions between the world's two largest carbon emitters: the United States and China, made global headlines when it was announced in November. In this interview, Valerie Karplus, an asssistant professor in MIT's Sloan School of Managment, discusses the details of the deal.
“The challenge is, how can we create enough energy to support so many people in a sustainable way?” For Zhang, part of the solution is renewable energy.
“Looking back, my interest in China developed out of spending a lot of time around people who were really passionate about the possibilities for their country,” Karplus says. “Working with colleagues in China over all of these years, I feel like the country has become a part of my own story.” ...
Study shows that the effects of smaller eruptions have been underestimated in climate models.
MIT researcher Sergey Paltsev discusses the outlook for LNG trading over the next several decades.
MIT China Energy and Climate Program Director Valerie Karplus talks with MIT’s Tech Review about when China’s emissions might peak.
MIT News interviews Chris Knittel, who co-authored a new article in Science evaluating government's proposed emissions policy for power plants.
In this column for the Washington Post Wonk Blog, Michael Levi describes the significance of U.S.-China climate agreement, and research that may have influenced the agreement
The Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment tracks global emissions and atmospheric data, but lacks data on Africa. Jimmy Gasore, 4th-year MIT graduate student, is trying to change that.