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Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
The Energy Collective | Nov 18, 2013
We are heading into the second week of UN climate negotiations in Warsaw (refered to as COP 19), where 194 countries are busy laying the groundwork for an international treaty hopefully to be concluded by 2015. Created under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),...
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MIT News | Nov 15, 2013
Watch video from the conference here: www.climatecolab.org/conference2013/virtually
As international climate negotiators meet this month for the 19th meeting of the UN Conference of Parties (COP19), there’s an increasing...
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MIT News | Nov 15, 2013
In deciding how best to meet the world’s growing needs for energy, the answers depend crucially on how the question is framed. Looking for the most cost-effective path provides one set of answers; including the need to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions gives a different picture. Adding the need to...
News Release
MIT News | Nov 14, 2013
Global population is expected to rise from about 7 billion today to close to 11 billion by the end of the century. This growing population will increase the demand for food, putting further strain on global land and water resources already feeling the pressures of climate change. Responding to the...
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Cargill | Nov 13, 2013
MIT students and faculty interested in climate change’s impact on agriculture and food production gathered on the University’s campus Tuesday to hear a half-day of dialogue in a Food Symposium sponsored by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. In his keynote address,...
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
ClimateWire | Nov 06, 2013
Julia Pyper, E&E reporter
Published: Monday, November 5, 2013
Targets set in China's latest five-year plan aimed at reducing harmful air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels will result in unintended reductions in carbon dioxide emissions that exceed the country's near-term CO2 reduction...
Nov 05, 2013
Confronting global environmental change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Changes to water, land and climate will affect the future of food and agriculture. The MIT Food Symposium brought together industry experts and researchers to share their perspectives and gain a better...
News Release • China Energy & Climate Project
MIT News | Nov 04, 2013
China’s unprecedented economic growth has created a more affluent society that demands more energy. The current growth is leading to more emissions from power plants and industries, which threaten human health, the economy and the environment. Government officials recognize the severity of the...
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CNN | Nov 03, 2013
Editor's note: Climate and energy scientists James Hansen, Ken Caldeira, Kerry Emanuel and Tom Wigley released an open letter Sunday calling on world leaders to support development of safer nuclear power systems.
(CNN) -- To those influencing environmental policy but opposed to nuclear power:
As...
Researcher Highlight
Nov 02, 2013
Do our opinions matter? Political scientist Christopher Warshaw is working to find out, as he uncovers the impact of public opinion on the policy process and strategies to create environmental change.