News + Media
Sep 20, 2013
"Using Land To Mitigate Climate Change: Hitting the Target, Recognizing the Trade-offs". John Reilly presents at the Cornell Institute for the Social Sciences.
News Release
MIT News Office | Sep 19, 2013
Alli Gold Roberts
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Yesterday, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development released the 2013 Trade and Environment Review. The report encourages...
In The News
Nature News and Comment | Sep 17, 2013
Environmental controls designed to prevent leaks of methane from newly drilled natural gas wells are effective, a study has found — but emissions from existing wells in production are much higher than previously believed.
The findings, reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Recent Event
MIT Energy Night | Sep 12, 2013
The MIT Energy Night is a celebration of the ingenuity, innovation, and imagination of MIT faculty, researchers, students, and alumni. Hosted annually at the MIT Museum and organized entirely by students, the MIT Energy Night features over 70 interactive poster presentations from every energy...
Sep 09, 2013
Stephanie Dutkiewicz presents at the MIT Future of the Oceans Symposium.
In The News
CEEPR Spotlight | Sep 06, 2013
By Chris Knittel and John Parsons
Professor Robert Pindyck has a new working paper (CEEPR-WP-13-XXX) that has attracted a good share of attention since it steps into the highly charged debate on the reliability of research related to climate change. But in this case, the focus is on what we learn...
News Release
MIT News Office | Sep 04, 2013
Alli Gold Roberts
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
After four years of negotiations, delegates from more than 140 countries met last January to finalize the first global treaty to mitigate and prevent mercury pollution, the Minamata Convention. Now, as delegates...
In The News
MIT News Office | Aug 29, 2013
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office
Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have come out with some sobering new data on air pollution’s impact on Americans’ health.
The group tracked ground-level emissions from sources such as industrial smokestacks, vehicle tailpipes, marine...
In The News
Oceans at MIT | Aug 15, 2013
By Genevieve Wanucha
At “Debating the Future of Solar Geoengineering,” a debate hosted last week by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, four...
Commentary • China Energy & Climate Project
The Energy Collective | Aug 12, 2013
By Michael Davidson
Wind is China’s fastest growing renewable energy resource. In 2012, 13 gigawatts (GW) were added to the system, and incremental wind electricity production exceeded coal growth for the first time ever. In the same year, unused wind electricity hit record highs while wind not...