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In 17 talks and posters, Joint Program researchers present global and regional analyses at the AGU’s annual fall meeting
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Ron Prinn discusses his work on the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment with MIT's Industrial Liason Program.
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![Forest behind Kiryu zoo in Japan (Source: Flickr, jeeheon) Forest behind Kiryu zoo in Japan (Source: Flickr, jeeheon)](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Gurgel_WSR_THUMB.jpg?itok=Bqo3TkWH&c=f2e4f80ab2970f327b1f76e4ed949c07)
New book chapter highlights the Joint Program’s approach to representing land use in global computable general equilibrium models
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![World flags eave outside the UNFCCC COP22 conference venue in Marrakech, Morocco on Nov. 8 (Photo by Jennifer Perron/Climate CoLab) World flags eave outside the UNFCCC COP22 conference venue in Marrakech, Morocco on Nov. 8 (Photo by Jennifer Perron/Climate CoLab)](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/CoLab_MIT_News_THUMB_0.jpg?itok=GUnixRxv&c=b6420901b01cc62f7b7277df5756c212)
MIT Climate CoLab presents innovative approach at UN international climate talks
in Morocco![Source: NASA Earth Observatory Source: NASA Earth Observatory](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/news/Wang_ACP_THUMB.jpg?itok=s77md3kJ&c=d19e6dc65d5fce8446115749cd42aa86)
Accounting for year-to-year variability enables more accurate projections of climate change and its impacts
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At UN Climate Change Conference, MIT researchers share insights on implementing climate commitments
Last year, participants in the Paris Agreement on climate change expressed the shared global objective of limiting temperature rise, with each party to the agreement laying out its intended national contributions to addressing climate change. At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP22)...
![From left: Kieran Setiya, Kerry Emanuel, Janelle Knox-Hayes, Nathan Phillips (speaking), and Susan Silbey. Photo by Casey Atkins. From left: Kieran Setiya, Kerry Emanuel, Janelle Knox-Hayes, Nathan Phillips (speaking), and Susan Silbey. Photo by Casey Atkins.](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/MIT-Climate-Ethics-1_THUMB_0.jpg?itok=uANbIXoq&c=37185f92480d5435f340f0f0da16b994)
Why it so hard for human beings to address climate change? What can motivate effective action?