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‘Invisible 60 percent’ of Africa’s population threatened by climate change-amplified droughts
MIT Joint Program Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek highlights risks and potential solutions at Vatican summit on climate resilience
![Despite Tesla news, EV future looks bright (Source: Flickr/Automotive Rhythms) Despite Tesla news, EV future looks bright](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/Paltsev_CSM.jpg?itok=cKA1-SE8)
Behind the headlines, evidence points to an industry continuing to grow and innovate (Christian Science Monitor)
@stephaniehanes
May 6, 2024
Given recent headlines, one might be excused for thinking electric vehicles are in trouble.
![Taiwan’s Innovative Green Economy Roadmap (TIGER) is a two-year program with the MIT Energy Initiative exploring various ways that industry and government can promote and adopt technologies, practices, and policies that will keep Taiwan competitive amid a quickly changing energy landscape. Credit: Photo by 張 峻嘉 on Unsplash Taiwan’s Innovative Green Economy Roadmap (TIGER)](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/chunchia-ZFddx3rGaow-unsplash.jpg?itok=pO1diR7G)
The MIT Energy Initiative and a consortium of Taiwanese companies are exploring how Taiwan can secure its energy future as the world transitions away from fossil fuels (MIT Energy Initiative)
Taiwan’s Innovative Green Economy Roadmap (TIGER) is a two-year program with the MIT Energy Initiative exploring various ways that industry and government can promote and adopt technologies, practices, and policies that will keep Taiwan competitive amid a quickly changing energy landscape. ...
![MIT TILclimate Podcast: Why are EVs more popular than hydrogen cars? MIT TILclimate Podcast: Why are EVs more popular than hydrogen cars?](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/490x340_manual/public/in-the-news/TILClimate%20Logo%202023%20update_WEB.png?itok=_MU9O49O)
MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev shares his perspective on the TILclimate podcast (MIT Climate Portal)
LHF: Hello, and welcome to TILclimate. I’m Laur Hesse Fisher from MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And today we’re digging into a question sent in by Robert P. of New York, who asks: “Why have electric vehicles won out over hydrogen-powered cars?”
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So said MIT Joint Program Deputy Director Sergey Paltsev in a presentation at the April 10-11 Wings of Change Americas conference in Santiago, Chile (Litoral Press, Spanish)
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At the XLVI (46th) MIT Global Change Forum on March 28-29, 2024, more than 100 attendees from industry, academia, government and NGOs gathered at the Samberg Conference Center on the MIT campus to explore climate change trends, physical and economic climate impacts, and policy and communications...