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Allocating CO2 to the “owner country” best meets equity and effectiveness criteria
International ships carry roughly 90 percent of global trade by volume and produce more CO2 emissions annually than Saudi Arabia, at two percent of of global emissions.
Despite this, neither international treaties nor domestic policies control CO2 emissions from international maritime...

The long-term goals of the Paris Agreement—keeping global warming well below 2°C and ideally 1.5°C in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change—may not be achievable by greenhouse gas emissions-reduction measures alone. Most scenarios for meeting these targets also require the...

An interview with Dr. John M. Reilly (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Social Impact Review)

Joint Program Co-Director Emeritus John Reilly featured in CNBC/Total advertorial

Delivering the keynote presentation of the Uganda Water & Environment Week 2021 conference from Colorado via Zoom on March 21, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change research scientist Kenneth Strzepek outlined a pathway by which Uganda can achieve sustainable economic...

Modern climate models were designed to simulate natural systems and changes mainly due to atmospheric carbon dioxide, rather than to predict effects of deliberate climate interventions
By Sebastian Eastham, Sarah Doherty, David Keith, Jadwiga H. Richter, and Lili Xia 19 March 2021

As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century (Coverage: Scientific American)
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
Publication Date:
March 15, 2021
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New climate resiliency dashboard helps reduce uncertainty of current and future flood risks in Cambridge
Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability
Publication Date:
March 11, 2021

The MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) defines sustainability as “the capacity to endure – to consume, grow, and thrive—but not to be consumed and perish in the process.” On March 9, 2021, The ILP held a webinar on sustainability research at MIT, an Institute-wide endeavor that spans materials...

The president’s letter to his new science advisor emphasizes the crucial role science plays in our society—much as Roosevelt did in a similar missive in 1944
In November 1944, President Roosevelt wrote a letter to Vannevar Bush, who was then director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSDR). From there, Bush oversaw many of the scientific advances that contributed to victory in World War II. The end of the war was yet nine months...