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MIT News | Oct 19, 2015
Institute-wide initiative aims to address environmental issues at all scales, from campuswide to worldwide.
by David L. Chandler | MIT News
John E. Fernandez, a professor of building technology in the Department of Architecture, has been named as the new director of MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI), a campuswide initiative launched in 2014. Fernandez succeeds Susan Solomon, the Ellen...
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MIT News | Oct 16, 2015
Study finds pledges by top greenhouse gas emitters leaves little room for others; urges greater R&D.
by Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
Over two weeks in December, delegates from virtually every country in the world will gather in Paris for the 21st annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. Their ambitious goal: to hammer out a binding international agreement on climate action.
In advance of...
News Brief
Oct 14, 2015
Joint Program's Sergey Paltsev addresses topic at Sabanci University
News Release
Oct 07, 2015
How Much Can They Deliver and at What Cost?
Around Campus
MIT News | Oct 07, 2015
Solar panel system wins $10,000 prize for technology that makes energy and water more accessible in the developing world
Vicki Ekstrom | Laur Fisher | MIT Climate CoLab
Solar panel system wins $10,000 prize for technology that makes energy and water more accessible in the developing world
An MIT initiative is using the global crowd to help solve climate change. And with the United Nations’ climate agreement ...
News Release
Sep 29, 2015
How manmade aerosols can alter rainfall in the world’s most populous region
Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
ChinaFAQs | Sep 29, 2015
In ChinaFAQs column, Valerie Karplus assesses joint statement on emissions reductions
The latest Obama-Xi announcement sends a strong message: the two nations are acting fast to enable a global low carbon transition. Friday’s joint announcement is an...
Commentary
NY Times | Sep 29, 2015
MIT researchers explain how technical analysis can avoid potential conflict.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, construction is underway on a public works project of gigantic physical proportions and exquisite political delicacy. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, now about halfway finished, amounts to a test: With water becoming precious enough to be the...
In The News • China Energy & Climate Project
Link to Article | Sep 21, 2015
On eve of summit with President Obama, see Valerie Karplus in Columbia University panel discussion on meeting China's climate goals today at 12:30-2:00 pm.
On the eve of President Xi's visit to the US and summit with President Obama, Professor Karplus participated in the panel discussion on Meeting China’s Climate Goals at Columbia University today, September 21, 2015, at 12:30-2:00 p.m. David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy...
News Brief
MIT News | Sep 17, 2015
Proposal takes aim at Rwanda's air pollution
Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Climate CoLab, an MIT-based crowdsourcing platform to advance climate change solutions through the power of collective intelligence, has named Langley DeWitt, a...