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Jun 18, 2018
MIT Joint Program workshop explores economic and environmental impacts of scaling up low-carbon energy
When the Paris Agreement was launched in 2015, nearly 200 nations pledged to enact and continually strengthen policies aimed at keeping the rise in global average surface temperature since pre-industrial times to well below two degrees Celsius. Meeting that ambitious goal will require a dramatic...
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PolitiFact | Jun 18, 2018
Joint Program Co-Director John Reilly helps correct the record (PolitiFact)
By Louis Jacobson on Monday, June 18th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
News Release
Jun 13, 2018
New method enables faster, more accurate simulation of aerosol-cloud interaction
Particles matter, especially when airborne. Whether emitted from artificial sources such as power plants and internal combustion engines, or natural sources such as volcanic eruptions, airborne particulates or aerosols not only impact human health but also the global climate. The more particles...
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MIT News | Jun 13, 2018
Professor emeritus and former U.S. energy secretary reflects on recent meeting with Pope Francis and energy and finance leaders.
MIT Energy Initiative June 12, 2018
Jun 01, 2018
Modeling advance enables more efficient and precise estimates of trends in ozone and other pollutants within selected geographical regions and timeframes
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MIT News | May 25, 2018
Joint Program-affiliated EAPS/CEE Prof. Dara Entekhabi and IDSS Research Scientist Sarah Fletcher are collaborators on one of seven projects to receive grants for research on food and water challenges.
Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab May 25, 2018
Today, the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT announced the award of over $1.3 million in research funding through its seed grant program, now in its fourth year. These grants, which are...
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May 22, 2018
Chien Wang one of six new U.S. scientists to join French climate research initiative
MIT Joint Program Senior Research Scientist Chien Wang is one of six U.S.-based scientists selected in May to participate in French President Emmanuel Macron's "Make our Planet Great Again" program, an initiative aimed at boosting the international science community’s efforts to combat climate...
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MIT News | May 11, 2018
Choices by consumers and farmers can help limit global warming, but climate change may also curtail those choices in the future
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office May 11, 2018
There is little doubt that the Earth’s rapidly changing climate will have a significant impact on agriculture around the world. Yields are likely to increase in some places and decrease in others, and regions may shift to entirely...
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Science | May 11, 2018
MIT Joint Program faculty affiliate Noelle Selin authors a Policy Forum paper in the journal Science
The Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force in August 2017, committing its currently 92 parties to take action to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury. But how can we tell whether the convention is achieving its...
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MIT News | May 04, 2018
International workshop proposes future directions for long-standing conflict
Stephanie M. McPherson | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering May 4, 2018
An international workshop at MIT proposed a new path toward resolving the seemingly intractable conflict over allocation of the Nile waters. In two days characterized by frankness, representatives from...