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AGAGE scientists, collaborators and invited guests from research institutions around the world—many representing dozens more researchers at their home institutions—at the ALE/GAGE/AGAGE network’s 45th anniversary conference on October 8-13 at the MIT Endicott House (Photo by Mark Dwortzan)
News Release
Oct 26, 2023
AGAGE network marks 45 years of tracking and tracing potentially harmful atmospheric gases

Emissions of CFC-11, a chlorofluorocarbon once frequently used in cooling and insulation systems to improve the quality of life, can also endanger life. Upon entry into the stratosphere where solar ultraviolet radiation is strong, CFC-11 decomposes, resulting in the release of chlorine, which...

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MIT Climate Portal | Oct 20, 2023

Almost certainly not—but unless we act quickly to stop warming the planet, there will be very severe consequences for many, many people (MIT Climate Portal)

October 20, 2023

First, the good news: climate scientists, as a whole, are not warning us to prepare for the apocalypse. The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—a group of hundreds of scientists working with the United Nations to analyze climate...

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MIT Climate Portal | Oct 19, 2023

MIT Joint Program Director Ronald Prinn joins MIT’s TILclimate podcast to discuss the past, present and future of how refrigerants affect our planet (MIT Climate Portal)

E3: Don't throw away your refrigerator

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News Release
Oct 06, 2023
MIT Joint Program presentations highlight multiple sustainability challenges and solutions

The preeminent conference for the advancement of Earth and space sciences, the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting draws more than 25,000 attendees from over 100 countries each year to share research findings and identify innovative solutions to complex problems. Organized around the...

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In The News
PNAS | Sep 26, 2023

Joint Program faculty affiliate Noelle Selin and co-authors highlight recent advances in modeling Earth/human systems dynamics to inform sustainable development (PNAS)

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In The News
Washington Post | Sep 22, 2023

The ozone layer’s effect on our lives may be more complicated than it seems (Washington Post)

Almost half a century ago, scientists began to theorize that a certain class of chemicals — which were found in virtually every air conditioner, aerosol can and refrigerator around the world — had a particularly dangerous side effect. These...

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News Release

Report relies substantially on MIT Joint Program's U.S. Regional Energy Policy (USREP) model projections (U.S. EPA)

Electric Sector Emissions Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act Contact Us

Questions can be addressed via email to emissions-impacts-inflation-reduction-act-report@epa.gov

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In The News
Washington Post | Sep 19, 2023

Overall, they're much less harmful than gasoline cars, says MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev (Washington Post)

Democracy Dies in Darkness

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News Release
MIT News | Sep 19, 2023
Climate policy alone cannot meaningfully reduce racial/economic disparities in air pollution exposure

Decarbonization of national economies will be key to achieving global net-zero emissions by 2050, a major stepping stone to the Paris Agreement’s long-term goal of keeping global warming well below two degrees Celsius (and ideally 1.5°C), and thereby averting the worst consequences of climate...

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