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Janos Pasztor, Senior Advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General on Climate Change, describes the U.N.’s Action Agenda from its origins to its emergence at COP21 to its next steps.
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Joint Program Co-Director Ronald Prinn quoted in front-page NY Times Article
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Not without a carbon tax, suggests a study by CEEPR Director Christopher Knittel
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Professors Jake Jacoby, Valerie Karplus, Tom Malone, and John Sterman discussed their COP21 experiences on a panel moderated by MITEI Deputy Director Rob Stoner.
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Noelle Selin, Amanda Giang share their perspective in The Conversation
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Katie Mulvaney - The 2016 Climate Policy 102 course surveys international, national and subnational climate governance, with an emphasis on COP21 and U.S. climate action plans.
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Katie Mulvaney - The 2016 Climate Policy 102 course surveys international, national and subnational climate governance, with an emphasis on COP21 and U.S. climate action plans.
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Sam Houston - The 2016 Climate Policy 101 course reviews policy options for climate mitigation, adaptation and geoengineering, and the tradeoffs involved.
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Megan Lickley - The 2016 Climate Change & Uncertainty course explores uncertainty in the rate of global warming, sea level rise and storm activity, and how uncertainty can propagate in climate models.